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Visual Hash Turns Text Or Data Into Abstract Art

Posted by timothy on from the picasso-on-security dept.

Makoss writes "Normal cryptographic hash functions turn any input text or data into a compact set of bits; useful for computers, not useful for humans. Visual hash functions turn data into graphical representations which are more easily recognizable and memorable to humans. You've seen Identicons and other simple geometric image generators already, but Vash takes the technique beyond basic geometry and produces some really striking images."

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  1. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hash turns a lot of things into abstract art.

  2. Fact. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bruce Schneier just replaced his copy of Photoshop with /dev/random and a copy of Vash...

    1. Re:Fact. by TopSpin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Bruce Schneier doesn't use Photoshop. He only has to think about an image and it will comply with his wishes.

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  3. This is news? by Ellis+D.+Tripp · · Score: 3, Funny

    A sufficient quantity of hash will turn ANYTHING into abstract art, no?

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