Why Google is Hurrying the Web to Kill SHA-1Hilbert map of hashing algorithms, by Ian Boyd Most of the secure web is using an insecure algorithm, and Google's just declared it to be a slow-motion emergency. Something like 90% of websites that use SSL encryption — — use an algorithm called SHA-1 to protect themselves from being impersonated. This guarantees that when you go to , you're visiting the real Facebook and not giving your password
