Encrypter: Deidentifier class for applying 'encryption' transform

In deident: Persistent Data Anonymization Pipeline

Deidentifier class for applying 'encryption' transform

Description

Create new Encrypter object

Convert self to a list.

Arguments

hash_key	An alpha numeric key for use in encryption
seed	An alpha numeric key which is concatenated to minimize brute force attacks
keys	Vector of values to be processed
...	Values to be concatenated to keys

Details

'Encrypting' refers to the cryptographic hashing of data e.g. md5 checksum. Encryption is more powerful if a random hash and seed are supplied and kept secret.

Value

Encrypter Apply blur to a vector of values

Fields

hash_key

Alpha-numeric secret key for encryption

seed

String for concatenation to raw value

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