How to Use encrypt in a Sentence

encrypt

verb
  • The software will encrypt the message before it is sent.
  • Tap or click for methods to encrypt your emails and messages.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • They’re used to encrypt messages and study the shapes of viruses.
    — Leila Sloman, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
  • For starters, data in your app should be encrypted.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • But the fix is easy — just change your phone setup and encrypt the secure folder.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The rest of the window is a drag-and-drop target for encrypting files.
    — PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • They’re used to encrypt messages (opens a new tab) and study the shapes of viruses (opens a new tab).
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
  • All of which are fully encrypted.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • This required the company to find new ways to encrypt data and keep it safe.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • WannaCry locks up files and encrypts them so the owner has no access.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 23 June 2017
  • Helios encrypts each vote in a way that assures each ballot is secret.
    — ArsTechnica, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Then, all the data that is sent and received will be encrypted using these keys.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Both mental health and vision health data will be encrypted on the app.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 5 June 2023
  • This works because private keys can be used to encrypt messages too, not just decrypt them.
    — John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
  • This works because private keys can be used to encrypt messages too, not just decrypt them.
    — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The song can’t be shared as the link is encrypted — it can only be heard by scanning the garment.
    — Maghan McDowell, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Hackers stole vast amounts of the firm's data and encrypted it, putting it under lock and key.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Ransomware hackers who encrypt a victim's data twice at the same time.
    — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 17 May 2021
  • Despite the high qubit count, there's no need to rush out and re-encrypt all your sensitive data just yet.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2022
  • That is why the way data is encrypted matters just as much as whether it is encrypted.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The letter states that all files had been encrypted, and require a key to regain access.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Businesses should encrypt all of their data all of the time and automate this process.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • And then the sender can use that public key to encrypt their message, send it over the unsecured channel.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
  • French says the map of your home is encrypted and stored securely in Amazon’s cloud.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
  • By default, this is encrypted when sent to Zoom, but Zoom can decrypt it.
    — Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Clop has a long track record of stealing data through zero-day flaws rather than encrypting systems.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The first order of business is to make sure your smartphone’s contents are encrypted.
    — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 12 June 2025
  • Emails sent from Proton Mail accounts will be end-to-end encrypted.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 21 May 2025
  • Emails sent from Proton Mail accounts will be end-to-end encrypted.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
  • This exchange gives both your device and the tower the keys to unlock the data that is about to be encrypted.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2019

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