plaintext

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Searching “for loop javascript,” for instance, will summon lists of reference pages on Google, but You.com will surface actual plaintext snippets of syntax from sources like W3Schools that you can easily copy and paste.

From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021

Even having only four characters in plaintext is risky, as hackers are able to guess the rest with relative ease.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018

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

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2015

Even so, bad policy by Associated Content to leave a plaintext password file lying around.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2012

Mere hours after the secret messages had been delivered to them, Elizebeth and William sent back the plaintext.

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