plaintext
noun
plain·text
ˈplān-ˌtekst 
: the intelligible form of an encrypted text or of its elements compare ciphertext
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Yep, a whopping great database packed full of plaintext passwords, email addresses, and usernames all sitting there unprotected, in plaintext, for anyone to use.
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Each record included an ID tag for the type of account, a URL for each website or service, and then usernames and plaintext passwords.
—Matt Burgess, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Despite GitHub’s efforts to prevent such credential leakage, the sprawl of these plaintext secrets is worsening, not improving.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Microsoft also seems to have fixed the single largest problem with Recall: previously, all screenshots and the entire text database were stored in plaintext with zero encryption.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Each record included an ID tag for the type of account, a URL for each website or service, and then usernames and plaintext passwords.
—Matt Burgess, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Despite GitHub’s efforts to prevent such credential leakage, the sprawl of these plaintext secrets is worsening, not improving.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Microsoft also seems to have fixed the single largest problem with Recall: previously, all screenshots and the entire text database were stored in plaintext with zero encryption.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Plaintext.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaintext. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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