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by core-utility 1587 days ago
Inherently with a (proper) hashing algorithm, the value and placement of characters in the hash means next-to-nothing in terms of the actual original text. For example:

password = 5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc6292773603d0d6aabbdd62a11ef721d1542d8

passwurd = 1966e583daff0fce5630d5de44f303f0e77f77940f02c7d648defadc31059c7b

Notice they're very different results, even though the original text only has 1 character difference.

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The Avalanche effect for anyone interested in reading more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_effect