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.

The songs of the runners carried in the night — over the L’Enfant Plaza fountain, past the cooler of Busch Light and onto the rows of federal office buildings. Some of the singers could be employed in ...

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 ...

I kind of miss the old days of passwords. Spy One says, "The rock falls with a bang," and Spy Two responds with, "Snow can be brushed off your shoes." Why the Internet didn't adopt this standard is ...

Keeping your details safe in a database is the least a site can do, but password security is complex. Here’s what it all means From Yahoo, MySpace and TalkTalk to Ashley Madison and Adult Friend ...

COMMENTARY--I can imagine a world where the computers needed no security. Where there were no passwords, no security checks, and no firewalls. Where the computers communicated freely and shared ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

RSA and hashing are two cryptographic functions that are widely used together. RSA provides the encryption using a public and private key, and hashing creates a binary fingerprint. For example, in a ...