Can you translate that into readable English? “in the clear?”
Unencrypted. Plain text.
The security information is not stored encrypted. It’s straight text that anybody can read.
“in the clear” means not encrypted. You can open and read it with Notepad or Word and any text editor.
Can you translate that into readable English? “in the clear?”
Not scrambled!
Just use a sharpie and write your CC#s, bank security info, and wifi passwords on the exterior of you standard stupid incandescent light bulbs. That way when you throw them out the criminals will easily come up to speed.
You can scribble tons of info on thoses curly-cue lightbulbs with the mercury inside them.