User talk:71.59.159.180
password hashing is not k-anonymity
Despite the accurate descriptions of "media coverage", the description of breached password checking as using k-anonymity seems misleading. k-anonymity is meant to keep a database private, but the mechanisms for password checking does not keep the database private at all. It only protects the client's privacy. This should be mentioned in the article.
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