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by ExpiredLink 4331 days ago
If it is encryption and decryption why is it called 'hash'?
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They explain that on their website.
Oh, I see:

>> A true cryptographic hash cannot be decrypted. However, to keep things simple the word hash is used loosely to refer to the random set of characters that is generated -- like a YouTube hash.

What?