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# [Hex to Base64 (and Back): One Set of Bytes, Two Ways to Write It](https://mindvsdrivetools.hashnode.dev/hex-to-base64-and-back-one-set-of-bytes-two-ways-to-write-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Hex and Base64 are two ways of writing the same raw bytes as plain text. Neither one encrypts, compresses or hides anything. They just turn up in different places. Hex is common in packet captures, ha

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