encrypted data

Scrambled digital content

Encrypted data is information that has been converted into code to prevent unauthorized access.

The original content becomes unreadable without a key or password to decrypt it.

The laptop contained encrypted data that investigators couldn't access.

Encryption protects everything from text messages to financial records, making intercepted information useless to anyone lacking proper credentials.

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data accessibility/readability

encrypted dataplaintext

Unencoded readable information

plain text · cleartext · open data · raw data

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