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Recent Examples of encrypt
However, the other six ran completely unhindered, one encrypting the whole (virtual) disk, one wiping the disk, and the rest encrypting from hundreds to thousands of files.
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PC Magazine, 17 June 2025
Just a ghost in the RAM, stealing data or encrypting files until the system reboots.
—Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The first order of business is to make sure your smartphone’s contents are encrypted.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 12 June 2025
In addition, the 12th sample ran amok, encrypting files without any hindrance by Data Protector.
—PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 17 June 2025
Just a ghost in the RAM, stealing data or encrypting files until the system reboots.
—Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The first order of business is to make sure your smartphone’s contents are encrypted.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 12 June 2025
In addition, the 12th sample ran amok, encrypting files without any hindrance by Data Protector.
—PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrypt
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But the Harbin skull still contains enough of its original proteins to tell a different story: A few of them matched specific proteins from Denisovan bones and teeth, as encoded in Denisovan DNA.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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This is what inequity looks like when it’s encoded in policy: a financial incentive to treat men first, and women later — if at all.—
Christine Brennan,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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With a minor in computer science and AI, Saville thought there had to be a better way to go from component design to CNC machine program than relying on a human manually coding all the steps.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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From Writing Code To Guiding Systems Tools like Cursor and Windsurf are eliminating repetitive coding tasks.—
Sebastian Avila,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Encrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrypt. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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