Tokenization
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replacing sensitive data with a non-sensitive placeholder (a token) that has no mathematical relationship to the original data — unlike encryption or hashing
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common use
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credit card processing — a temporary token is used during payment, so an attacker who captures it can't reuse it later
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note
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no encryption overhead, since the original data and token aren't mathematically related
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