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plaintext

[ pleyn-tekst ]

noun

  1. the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plaintext1

First recorded in 1915–20; plain 1 + text
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It is widely accepted that user passwords should not be stored in 'plaintext' considering the risks of abuse that arise from persons accessing such data.

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As the Guardian reported, "Yahoo did not encrypt all the security questions it stored, and so some are readable in plaintext. While it may be irritating to have to change a stolen password, it is somewhat worse to have to change a stolen mother's maiden name."

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Sometimes Elizebeth also worked as a cryptographer, which meant that she was the one coming up with ways of obscuring the plaintext.

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Mere hours after the secret messages had been delivered to them, Elizebeth and William sent back the plaintext.

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

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