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How Does My-Beacon Work?
Published on 6th October 2025 by Debs
I love watching Phil head off on another adventure on his motorbike. But every time, there's always the worry that if something happens to him, how would anyone let me know?
To help alleviate that worry, we created My-Beacon, a QR code service ....
Warning Beacons of My-Beacon
Published on 20th August 2025 by Phil
Inspired by the Warning Beacons of Gondor from Lord of the Rings, we bring you the Warning Beacons of My-Beacon! Beacon for short!
Beacons have been used over the centuries mainly to raise the alarm...
An Introduction to Encryption and Hashing
Published on 1st August 2025 by Phil
Hashing and encryption hide data with one key difference - encryption is reversible, whereas hashing is not - in the ideal. Hashing is also deterministic - the same input always produces the same output.
Hashing is used for integrity verificat...