You can’t get into your account after a few failed password attempts. How come hackers seem to get in by trial and error? Most online systems do not have access to their users’ passwords, much less do they store them. Instead, when you create a password, an algorithm creates a string of characters and numbers …
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Pounds (£) and Hashes (#)
Why does my pound sign (£) mysteriously change to a hash (#)? Pounds (£) and hashes (#) didn’t used to cause problems. In the olden days (!), we used to type letters on something called a “typewriter”. The lever you thumped was embossed at the other end with the character that appeared on the paper. …
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