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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. I am the author by terrence2 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Full disclosure: I am the primary author (probably should have mentioned that before replying to other posts, whoops). I'll be watching the comment stream, if you have any questions.