encrypt
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VPNs encrypt all internet traffic, which makes it harder for third parties, including government agencies, to monitor activity.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
The browser-based system uses cryptography to encrypt votes, or keep them secret.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
The technology, which promises to power certain computations that are virtually impossible for today’s computers, could transform everything, including the way companies make medicine, invest money, deliver internet and encrypt information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2025
Unlike Telegram, which does not automatically encrypt messages in its larger-size chat rooms, Signal limits the size of its group chats and keeps encryption as the default.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2025
By turning the rings, you could encrypt each plaintext letter with a different scrambled alphabet.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Bank A generates and encrypts a Swift payment message containing transfer instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Bank A generates and encrypts a Swift payment message containing transfer instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Bank A generates and encrypts a Swift payment message containing transfer instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
NordVPN earned the rare rating of “outstanding” from PC Mag for good reason: it completely encrypts all your internet traffic and makes you completely anonymous online.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2019
As you type, Enigma encrypts your message—and the number of ways it can do this is mind-boggling.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that requires special software to access, masking user identities through encrypted networks.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
UBTech says the data processed by its U1 robots is encrypted and will not be used to train its AI models.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
In messages exchanged on an encrypted messaging application called SimpleX, Thomas and Roa communicated in a chatroom titled “Vanguard of the Old Republic,” according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
VPNs create a secure, encrypted tunnel between your laptop or mobile device and the wider internet.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
It’s Asher, contacting me through an encrypted channel I set up for him.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Privacy A VPN’s raison d’être: encrypting your traffic to mask your internet browsing from your ISP and prevent it from throttling your connection.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Quantum computing has the potential to relatively easily break the global and currently used advanced encryption standard, or AES, which involves the same key being used for both encrypting and decrypting data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2025
Ransomware is a type of malware which prevents someone from accessing a device and the data stored on it, usually by encrypting files, according to the National Cyber Security Centre.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
But the company is encrypting its messaging platform to compete with other secure services that shield users’ content, essentially turning off the lights for investigators.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Still, even encrypting a large dictionary 25 times using different salts took up too much hard-drive space for a basic home computer.
From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette
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