It's the same as encryption, except it is in a case where the act of encryption the data does not actually protect anything, but instead prevents people interested in said harmless data from decoding / seeing it. A good example is a case where a satellite signal is enrypted, despite all data being public a few minutes later online.
It is a marge of the word "encryption" and "crap", to reflect the negative effects of said encryption.
As far as it is known, this word was first used by UHF-Satcom, and has stuck in the amateur satellite / radioamateur community since then,
It is a marge of the word "encryption" and "crap", to reflect the negative effects of said encryption.
As far as it is known, this word was first used by UHF-Satcom, and has stuck in the amateur satellite / radioamateur community since then,
by Aang23 October 6, 2022
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She’s completely encrypulous — no Instagram, no Facebook, no digital footprint. It’s like she exists in the real world only.
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