[Cryptography] IRS W-2 'Verification Code' == Hash ??

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Fri Feb 3 10:30:54 EST 2017


Perhaps I missed it last year, but I just noticed that my 2016 W-2 has a 16-hex-digit 'Verification Code' just under the boxes numbered 10 and 11.

Does anyone know what this 'Verification Code' is?

It only has 4*16=64 bits, which is probably not strong enough to withstand a real attack, so why did they even bother?



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