From Wikipedia which you quoted bits from: "In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representatio

From Wikipedia which you quoted bits from: "In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can decipher a ciphertext back to plaintext and access the original information." > You brought it up in the first place with a twisted definition. I did no such thing. You appear to be confusing idealism with the definition of encryption. In any case we already have words for transport encryption, encryption at rest, and end to end encryption when referring to modes of encrypted data. Those are sufficient to cover the spectrum of encryption which exists. Calling encryption of one mode "unencrypted" which is not your ideal mode of encryption is disingenuous at best.