Technically

Technically

What's Tokenization?

Keeping your credit cards (and more) safe from the baddies

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Justin
Oct 13, 2022
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## The TL;DR

Tokenization (nothing to do with NFTs) is one of the ways that backends protect sensitive information, like credit cards or social security numbers. 

  • Sensitive information is important in many of the apps you use every day, but it’s dangerous to store and use unprotected

  • Tokenization replaces sensitive data with placeholders that point back to…

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