encrypted; encrypting; encrypts
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The software will encrypt the message before it is sent.
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Advanced Encryption Protocols Ensure that your firm thoroughly encrypts its confidential and client data so that anyone who wrongfully accesses it cannot make sense of it without the proper key.
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Chad Sands, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
All data is encrypted to protect patients' privacy.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But it’s owned by a non-profit, not a private company, and the app is end-to-end encrypted by default.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
In addition, hundreds of medical facilities have experienced ransomware attacks, in which malicious people encrypt a hospital’s computer systems and data and then demand a hefty ransom to restore access.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2025
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Chad Sands, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
All data is encrypted to protect patients' privacy.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
But it’s owned by a non-profit, not a private company, and the app is end-to-end encrypted by default.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
In addition, hundreds of medical facilities have experienced ransomware attacks, in which malicious people encrypt a hospital’s computer systems and data and then demand a hefty ransom to restore access.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encrypt. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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