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The 14 pages that link to Encryption, each with the reason it gives.

• PrivacyRelated: It can prevent unauthorized parties from reading stored or transmitted data.

• Digital rights managementRelated: DRM often encrypts content so playback depends on obtaining an authorized key.

• ConfidentialityRelated: It can prevent unauthorized parties from understanding disclosed or intercepted data.

• Source protectionRelated: Secure communications can reduce the chance that source identities are exposed through intercepted messages.

• Access controlCompared with: Encryption protects content from disclosure, while access control governs authorized operations.

• Data compressionCompared with: It obscures content rather than reducing its representation size.

• Data breachRelated: Strong encryption can make copied data unusable when keys remain secure.

• Signals intelligenceCompared with: Encryption protects communications from interception-based access to their contents.

• Virtual private networkNarrower topic: Encryption makes data inside a VPN tunnel unreadable to many observers along its route.

• Digital privacyRelated: Encryption can restrict access to personal data during storage and transmission.

• Cloud storageRelated: Encryption can protect cloud data in transit and while stored.

• Dual-use technologyRelated: It protects privacy and commerce while sometimes obstructing lawful investigations.

• SteganographyCompared with: Encrypted data can be visible as a message even when its contents are unreadable.

• Tunneling protocolCompared with: Encapsulation hides neither packet contents nor metadata unless encryption is added separately.