In plain English
The information is still in ordinary readable form rather than changed into a protected coded form. Because that conversion has not happened, no decryption is needed to read it.
In context
Here, it warns that the data is being sent in a state where it has not been converted into a form that requires decryption to read.
- Situation
- Understanding encryption, privacy, data-sharing, and secure-connection labels
- What it communicates
- warns about an unprotected sending state
Meaning limits
By itself, this term only describes the data's lack of encryption and does not say who can read it or what will happen to it.
Examples
“The file was left unencrypted, and the text inside remained readable.”
“A warning appeared because the file was being sent unencrypted.”