A hash is kinda trash. Or, more precisely, not only will hashing data not anonymize it, but regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission, consider hashed identifiers to be personal information.

You can’t un-ring a bell, but you might be able to un-hash an email, depending on whom you ask. In order for marketers to safely use hashes for targeted advertising, they must stay abreast of the ...

When data breaches went from being an occasional threat to a persistent fact of life during the early 2010s, one question would come up again and again as victim organizations, cybersecurity ...

The original author of the MD5 password hash algorithmhas publicly declared his software end-of-life and is "no longer considered safe" to use on commercial websites. This comes only a day after a ...

Over the past several months, we've seen major breaches exposing numerous usernames and passwords. The eBay and Adobe breaches impacted millions of accounts. Snapchat was compromised. With every ...

Hashing is a one-way cryptographic function while encryption is designed to work both ways. Encryption algorithms take input and a secret key and generate a random looking output called a ciphertext.

Wearable technology has seen significant growth in recent years, with smart rings and other health-focused devices gaining popularity. In the latest episode of Cointelegaph’s Hashing It Out podcast, ...

Overall, the average six-month returns for Bitcoin have been about 30 basis points higher during periods of falling hashrate than during periods of rising hashrate. The data also suggests that a ...

In this episode of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, host Elisha Owusu Akyaw interviews Micah Yeackley, co-founder of Kula DAO — a project tokenizing a diverse collection of real-world assets ...