Deterministic = random feels... confusing
"We mask passwords through a process called hashing using a function known as bcrypt, which replaces the actual password with a random set of numbers and letters that are stored in Twitter's system..." Is this how we're using the word "random" now?
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Pseudorandom, especially considering they're salted (at least I hope so). Just being a pedant. I get their intent of saying that though.
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My face when reading it was
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Apparently. Found this the other day: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20890246/1473927 …
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Maybe “arbitrary” would be better
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I guess in Twitter it's random, because the result might be a clear text.
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