In order to secure user passwords, it is best practice to store them using a ________ algorithm.
- Hashing
- Encryption
- Decryption
- Salting
To secure user passwords, it's best practice to store them using a hashing algorithm. Hashing takes the password and transforms it into a fixed-size string of characters (hash) using a one-way function. This makes it difficult to reverse-engineer the password from the stored hash.
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