plaintext

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Searching “for loop javascript,” for instance, will summon lists of reference pages on Google, but You.com will surface actual plaintext snippets of syntax from sources like W3Schools that you can easily copy and paste.

From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021

There you have it, in black-and-white plaintext: The pinnacle of Internet justice.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2015

But “a slightly more sophisticated attacker,” they note, “could use a tool such as SSLStrip in order to attempt to downgrade the transport layer encryption in order to increase the amount of plaintext credentials gathered.”

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2015

However it means sending a lot of private information, including passwords, in plaintext to Google.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013

By turning the rings, you could encrypt each plaintext letter with a different scrambled alphabet.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield