3 ms·
>Hashing is a method for encrypting data No it isn't. > MD5 is seriously out of style That's, err, one way of putting it. > The most popular password pulled
by DangerDOOM 10y ago
>Hashing is a method for encrypting data
No it isn't.
> MD5 is seriously out of style
That's, err, one way of putting it.
> The most popular password pulled from the Last.fm database was 123456. L Seriously, it’s 2016 people
These accounts were made more than four years ago...
> use a platform like LastPass
Yeah about that... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721212
Poor reporting is poor. Why do I expect more from TechCrunch?
- Sammi 10y agoMd5crypt Password scrambler is no longer considered safe by author: http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html Also a better way to explain hashing algorithms to the lay person is to call them fingerprinting algorithms.