The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...

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Abstract: Hash functions today are ubiquitous in nearly all kinds of cryptographic applications. They can be found at the core of digital fingerprinting or watermarking and even in block or stream ...

The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a measure that bans corporate landlords from using rent-fixing price algorithms in the city. The ordinance, which was pushed by Councilor Angelita Morillo ...

UK Home Office’s uses two algorithms for immigration purposes seemingly without sufficient safeguards to protect the right to privacy and meet data protection standards. Migrants appear to be subject ...

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According to multiple lawsuits, data analytics firm Agri Stats has quietly enabled the nation’s largest meat processors to coordinate price hikes and wage suppression for decades. Registered readers ...