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I think the point is that technical terminology and technical details are different things, and the latter is much more important. The alternative is to say "h
by alangpierce 8y ago
I think the point is that technical terminology and technical details are different things, and the latter is much more important.
The alternative is to say "hashing is a technical topic, and technical terms intimidate and confuse people, so we won't mention hashing". Instead, the article says that you should try to make hashing approachable and non-intimidating, since understanding the ideas around hashing will help people understand why strong passwords and password managers are important.
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- Natsu 8y agoI've taught this exact concept to a non-technical audience before. I simply told them it was like scrambling an egg--you can't "unscramble" it and then explained with hashing, you could scramble an identical egg and get identical results and compare the two scrambled eggs to see if they were identical before being scrambled. That said, I do wonder how well they understood that explanation.
- andai 8y agoAnd the scrambles form a unique fingerprint!
- philipov 8y agoA non-technical audience's ability to understand depends entirely on their willingness to even try. Most people just don't care and want you to stop wasting their time, so they put no effort into internalizing an explanation. If you want to teach people security, first make them care about it beyond not getting caught: from an employee's point of view, they don't need to be faster than the tiger, they just have to be faster than their slowest colleague.