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It's theoricaly the same thing as a salt, a salt is mostly used in hashing, where it will be append to the original value then hashed. An IV is XORed with a value (here a key)
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"This technique is basically a way to mix your key with another value, best being a random value."
Is this what you call a salt ??
It's theoricaly the same thing as a salt, a salt is mostly used in hashing, where it will be append to the original value then hashed. An IV is XORed with a value (here a key)