Encryption, Hashing & Encoding Explained: Clear Differences for Engineers πŸ”

Confused about encryption, hashing, and encoding? Discover the key differences and avoid common mistakes in this easy-to-understand guide for software engineers.

Encryption, Hashing & Encoding Explained: Clear Differences for Engineers πŸ”
Monis Yousuf
205.6K views β€’ Jul 28, 2025
Encryption, Hashing & Encoding Explained: Clear Differences for Engineers πŸ”

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Encryption, Hashing, Encoding - What's Really The Difference?
If you're a software engineer and have mixed up these terms - you're not alone.
This video covers the fundamentals of Encoding, Hashing & Encryption and compares the differences among them. This video will also cement your understand of real life applications of these concepts like:
1. Why encoding is not great for security?
2. Why Hashing is only one way, but is a go-to method for storing passwords?
3. Why Encryption is designed to be Decrypted eventually?

So let's get started and lay this confusion to rest, once and for all!

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Everything I say in the video, as a Medium Article: https://monisyousuf.medium.com/encoding-hashing-encryption-whats-the-difference-ff5689d7e0ac

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00:00 What is Encoding?
01:50 What is Hashing?
03:27 What is Encryption?
05:32 Encoding vs Hashing vs Encryption

β–¬β–¬β–¬β–¬β–¬β–¬ OTHER VIDEOS β–¬β–¬β–¬β–¬β–¬β–¬
Hashing in Detail - https://youtu.be/pMM9cIAFAug?si=jn9EHQIfX5xsjJ9M
System Design Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrv2-wV8WA2TX7Tse1Vq9jfL5cpvXLkI

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