decrypting

verb

present participle of decrypt
as in deciphering
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs

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Recent Examples of decrypting The deadline has prompted security engineers to focus preparations to ward off harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL, and also store now, decrypt later) threats, in which adversaries squirrel away encrypted data flowing over the Internet with the plan of decrypting it on Q-Day—the date a CRQC arrives. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026 WhatsApp and Signal are best known for using end-to-end encryption, which can prevent even the messaging services themselves from decrypting user chats. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026 Inside, advanced computer servers are decrypting hard drives and phones and tracking IP addresses tied to the fraud network. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 Passepartout is also a wink at a long-running Italian television series in the early 2000s hosted by art historian Philippe Daverio, which made discovering and decrypting art very entertaining. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025 Use security tools capable of decrypting and inspecting PQC traffic. — Anand Oswal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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deciphering
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  • Western San Gabriel Mountains/Highway 14 Corridor When an air quality alert pops up on the radar, deciphering its implications is crucial.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 30 July 2026
  • Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
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“Decrypting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypting. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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