passphraseencryption
nounA way to lock up secret messages so only someone who knows the special password can read them.
The app uses passphraseencryption to keep your private notes safe from strangers.
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2. The process of converting readable data into an unreadable form using a long password called a passphrase.
Passphraseencryption turned the document into scrambled text until the correct phrase was entered.
3. A security feature that protects files or messages by requiring a multi-word secret phrase to unlock them.
The backup drive relies on passphraseencryption, so only the owner can open it.
4. A method of encoding information where a phrase of several words acts as the key for scrambling and unscrambling data.
Engineers chose passphraseencryption because longer phrases are harder to guess than single words.