SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom

Re:SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom by frozenlettuce on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @01:48PM (#32928622)

your encription might use sha256, but is it resilient to a baseball bat?

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Re:SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom by staringback on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @02:00PM (#32928793)

SHA256 is a hash algorithm, not encryption.

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Re:SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom by ailef on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @02:13PM (#32928986)

Is this kind of nitpicking really necessary especially when the point GP was making is completely unrelated to the exact nature of the algorithm (it applies to both)?

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Re:SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom by ozim on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:12PM (#32930014)

Well hashing algorithms are resilient against baseball attacks, I am not able to reverse SHA256 even if you beat me to death.

I think it is important distinction for criminals to know, killing someone because one doesn't understand difference between AES256 and SHA256 is bad outcome for everyone involved.

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Re:SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom by ailef on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @04:05PM (#32930788)

Well, you usually know your password without the need to crack the hash, so...

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Re:SIM swapper abducted, beaten, held for ransom by ajg36 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:05PM (#32929891)

Yes, otherwise others might learn something that's wrong.

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