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I'm also wary of calling it encryption. But I don't think "obfuscation" or "hashing" are correct either. The intent is the same as encryption - to keep the rea
by matthewrudy 11y ago
I'm also wary of calling it encryption. But I don't think "obfuscation" or "hashing" are correct either.
The intent is the same as encryption - to keep the real location a secret, available only to people with the key.
It feels different because the encrypted value is basically an offset, and it's continuous, so it feels almost the same as the unencrypted form.