as in to decipher
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs
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The scheme was deprecated by NIST following research in 2016 that showed it could be broken in practical attacks to decrypt web and VPN traffic.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
For safety’s sake, the details are hard to search for—encoded in physical artifacts only a human could decrypt.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
This gives you much more control over who has the final say in decrypting your data.
—Daniel Brame, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Nation-states are both monitoring and storing global data traffic with the intent of decrypting it at a later date.
—Skip Sanzeri, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
For safety’s sake, the details are hard to search for—encoded in physical artifacts only a human could decrypt.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
This gives you much more control over who has the final say in decrypting your data.
—Daniel Brame, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
Nation-states are both monitoring and storing global data traffic with the intent of decrypting it at a later date.
—Skip Sanzeri, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Decrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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