cloakings
Acts of veiling
Cloakings refers to acts of concealing or disguising something.
The word derives from cloak as a verb—to cover or hide as if with a cloak: The cloakings of their true intentions fooled no one.
The term appears in discussions of secrecy, deception, or technological concealment: stealth cloakings in science fiction.
Identity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
smokescreen · subterfuge · ruse · feint · misdirection · cover-up · decoy · front
Burial cloth or covering
obscure · hidden · enshroud · camouflage · bury · shadow · eclipse · shelter
Intentionally concealed
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- sneakMove with stealth
infiltrate · evasion · undetectable · unseen · incognito · undercover · silent · stealthy
Converting data into code
- maskingConcealing by covering
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- jammingBlocking or wedging forcefully
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
obfuscation · spoofing · steganography · anonymization · tunneling · VPN
disguise
Identity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
charade · smokescreen · subterfuge · ruse · feint · misdirection · cover-up · decoy · front · false front
shroud
Burial cloth or covering
mask · obscure · hidden · enshroud · camouflage · bury · shadow · eclipse · shelter · ensconce
covert
Intentionally concealed
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
sneak · infiltrate · evasion · undetectable · unseen · incognito · undercover · silent · stealthy · slink
encryption
Converting data into code
scrambling · obfuscation · spoofing · steganography · anonymization · tunneling · VPN
cloakingsrevelations
Surprising facts made known
unveilings · exposures · uncoverings · showings · baring
cloakingsrevelations
Surprising facts made known
disclosures · exposures · unmaskings · exposés · announcements
- cloaking deviceApparatus enabling invisibility