In plain English
The information has been turned into a form that does not make sense in ordinary reading. It becomes the original information again only when the correct cryptographic key is used.
In context
Here, encrypted reports that the messages are in coded form and can be read as their original content only with the correct cryptographic key.
- Situation
- Understanding encryption, privacy, data-sharing, and secure-connection labels
- What it communicates
- reports a protection state for messages
Meaning limits
By itself, encrypted states only the messages' coded state, not whether any particular person can read them.
Examples
“The file was encrypted, so it looked like nonsense until the correct cryptographic key was used.”
“Even after the courier delivered them, the messages remained encrypted.”