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SHA256(<ssn>) ...there, boom, tracking with no liability. These slimy companies will grab every piece of data they can.
by orthecreedence 3y ago
SHA256(<ssn>) ...there, boom, tracking with no liability. These slimy companies will grab every piece of data they can.
- Zak 3y agoThe article discusses hashing being an inadequate method of anonymization.
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoConsidering that there are only 1 billion possible SSNs, that seems like it would be easily reversible simply by pre-computing a lookup table of all 1 billion hashes.