plaintext

Example Sentences

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That seems like the right move to me, given the existence of Notepads’ perhaps lesser-known sibling WordPad, which is closer to Microsoft Word than a plaintext editor.

From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2021

There you have it, in black-and-white plaintext: The pinnacle of Internet justice.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2015

But “a slightly more sophisticated attacker,” they note, “could use a tool such as SSLStrip in order to attempt to downgrade the transport layer encryption in order to increase the amount of plaintext credentials gathered.”

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2015

However it means sending a lot of private information, including passwords, in plaintext to Google.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013

Once they had the plaintext, Elizebeth could see how each letter had been encrypted.

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