decrypt

Example Sentences

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Users record from the Toosheh satellite TV channel onto a USB stick plugged into their set-top box, which they can then decrypt using a special app installed on their phone or computer.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The data may be encrypted to fend off hackers, but the companies can decrypt and, if presented with a warrant, share it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

It then sends the response back to the VPN server, which encrypts and sends it back to you for your device to decrypt.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

But businesses and governments face a problem right now, as attackers could harvest encrypted information and decrypt it later when they do gain access to suitably powerful devices.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

I was struck by the strangeness of that page: Dad could command this science, could decipher its language, decrypt its logic, could bend and twist and squeeze from it the truth.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover