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encrypt

[en-kript] / ɛnˈkrɪpt /


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Companies may tell you, for example, that they encrypt biometric data, but they may not tell you the details, so there’s no way to tell how strong their safeguards are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

MediaStreamer is a Smart DNS service that changes your DNS server to stream foreign libraries; it does not encrypt your traffic or change your IP address.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

The browser-based system uses cryptography to encrypt votes, or keep them secret.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 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

The more steps a cipher had, the more time it took to encrypt.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield



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