decryption

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And they can order family members, employers or anyone else who knows suspects’ passwords or decryption methods to provide them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

You want your VPN to be as fast as possible, but keep in mind that any VPN will add overhead to your connection because of the constant encryption and decryption.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

When governments are hacked, Kulkarni said the encryption and decryption keys protect stolen data.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

“To get a decryption key because they had no other way of recovering the data? For a pinky promise that stolen data would be destroyed? Both?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023

Once a decryption program like DeCSS is written, it quickly can be sent all over the world.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James