Questions tagged [k-anonymity]
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Why does HIBP use k-anonymity when checking passwords?
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the purpose of k-anonymity, but I don't see the why HIBP uses it when checking user passwords.
This website, which explains HIBP's implementation of it, says, "The client will then truncate the hash to a predetermined…
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