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by NLPlatypus 1333 days ago
There’s multiple inputs that can get the same hash. Say if your hashed password was 7, and that came from 2+5. Someone bruteforcing can input 6+1 and get 7, also. They don’t need to know what your input was, they just need to find an input that hashes to match the hash of yours.