Which statement describes the use of hashing?
- Hashing can be used to prevent both accidental and deliberate changes.
- Hashing can be used to detect both accidental and deliberate changes.
- Hashing can be used to detect accidental changes, but does not protect against deliberate changes.
- Hashing can be used to protect against deliberate changes, but does not detect accidental changes.
Explanation: Hashing can be used to detect accidental changes only. It is possible for an attacker to intercept a message, change it, recalculate the hash, and append it to the message. The receiving device would validate the appended hash.
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