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60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour (www.theregister.com)

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I still used MD5 hashing in the apps I work on.

Just not for passwords.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you need hashing for non-security applications, that's fine, but I'd still suggest SHA-1 or -25 or even just CRC instead, as that's something modern (as in less than 15 years old) CPUs can usually do directly in Hardware.