encrypt

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Companies may tell you, for example, that they encrypt biometric data, but they may not tell you the details, so there’s no way to tell how strong their safeguards are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

VPNs mask your IP address and encrypt your traffic, but websites still can collect data on you through cookies, browser fingerprinting and account logins.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

The browser-based system uses cryptography to encrypt votes, or keep them secret.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Unlike Telegram, which does not automatically encrypt messages in its larger-size chat rooms, Signal limits the size of its group chats and keeps encryption as the default.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

“He used a substitution cipher to encrypt his message as a backup, in case you figured out the scytale. Right?” she asked James.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman