How do radio waves get “encrypted”?

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If radio waves are just non-visible light waves that are picked up by a vibrating rod, how does a radio wave get “encrypted” so that it can’t be picked up unless it’s unencrypted?

Edit: Everyone keeps commenting that the content of the message is what’s encrypted, not the radio waves itself, but that’s not what I mean. Someone answered that digital signals themselves can be modulated or disguised, which is what I meant when I asked

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The radio wave isn’t encrypted – anyone can receive it. The *information* encoded in the radio wave is encrypted just like any kind of digital information can be encrypted.

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