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Encoding Is Not Encryption: Why It Matters

Base64 looks like gibberish, so people assume it is secure. It is not, it was never meant to be, and confusing the two gets expensive. Here is why.

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It is not. It is a way of writing data down, and anybody can turn it straight back into the original in one click — which is exactly what this video shows.

This mix-up is behind a lot of real breaches: config files, support tickets and API integrations where somebody thought scrambled-looking text was protected text. Knowing the difference takes two minutes.

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