encrypts

Makes messages unreadable

Encrypts is the third-person singular of encrypt, meaning to convert information into a coded form that prevents unauthorized access.

Software encrypts data to protect it during transmission or storage: The app encrypts your messages end-to-end.

The process transforms readable content into scrambled text that only authorized parties can decode.

cryptography

cipher

Hidden writing system

key · RSA · AES · DES · symmetric · asymmetric · hash · cryptanalysis · zero-knowledge · salt

security

firewall

Network access control system

SSL · TLS · VPN · biometrics · two-factor · certificate · end-to-end · handshake · tunneling · PKI

conceals

obscures

Makes difficult to perceive

  • hidesConceals or animal skins
  • masksFace-covering disguises
  • veilsTranslucent face coverings

shrouds · obfuscates · scrambles · garbles · encodes · cloaks · protects · shields · secures · buries

data

file

Stored collection of data

payload · message · communication · email · database · backup · archive · volume · partition

privacy

confidentiality

Quality of protecting secrets

  • anonymityUnknown identity state
  • GDPREU data protection law
  • PIIIdentity-revealing information

secrecy · non-disclosure · Signal · WhatsApp · redaction

Opposites
data transformation direction

encryptsdecrypts

Converts cipher to cleartext

decodes · deciphers · unlocks · cracks · breaks

information accessibility

encryptsexposes

Makes visible or known

reveals · discloses · publishes · broadcasts · opens

Phrases
Family

encryption, encrypt, encrypted, encrypting, encryptions, encrypter, encrypters, encryptable

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