unencrypted

Readable without keys

Unencrypted describes data transmitted or stored without encryption—readable by anyone who intercepts or accesses it.

The term appears in security contexts as a warning: The password was sent unencrypted over the network.

Unencrypted files, emails, or connections lack the scrambling that protects sensitive information from prying eyes.

data

plaintext

Unencoded readable information

cleartextUnencoded readable information
passwordAuthentication string
fileStored collection of data

document · database · transmission · message · communication · email · traffic · payload · packet · storage

technical

protocol

Prescribed conduct rules

HTTPWeb data transmission standard
FTPData transmission standard
telnetRemote terminal client

plaintext · wireless · WiFi · network · server · firewall · authentication · transmission · packet · traffic

vulnerable

exposed

Out in open

hackableSusceptible to unauthorized access
insecureLacking self-assurance
unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield

compromised · breachable · exploitable · at-risk · unsafe · susceptible · penetrable · defenseless · attackable · interceptable

accessible

readable

Easy to understand

visibleAble to be seen
openNot closed
publicAvailable to all

available · plain · legible · decipherable · intelligible · comprehensible · viewable · obtainable · retrievable · discoverable

Opposites

data protection status

unencryptedencrypted

Transformed into cipher

ciphered · encoded · scrambled · secured · locked

Family

decrypt, deciphers, encryption, encrypt, encrypted, encipher, cryptography, encrypting, encrypts

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