🧕🏽Clean up readme

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# Cryptography # Cryptography
Often data is just encoded in base64 or hex. Other times it's just compressed (gzip): Often data is just encoded in base64 or hex. Other times it's just compressed (gzip):
- Text 32 characters long --> md5 hash.
- 40 characters long --> SHA1 hash. * Text 32 characters long --> md5 hash.
- equal signs spread --> base64 encoded string. * 40 characters long --> SHA1 hash.
- text only letters, without numbers or special characters --> Caesar, Vigenere, or other type of cipher. * equal signs spread --> base64 encoded string.
- hints about keys and signing --> likely RSA. * text only letters, without numbers or special characters --> Caesar, Vigenere, or other type of cipher.
* hints about keys and signing --> likely RSA.