Which property ensures a cryptographic hash function's output reveals minimal information about its input?

💡 Explanation

The avalanche effect in a cryptographic hash function ensures that a small change in input dramatically alters the output, because this makes reverse engineering the input from the hash infeasible; therefore, the avalanche effect protects against input revelation, rather than output length or speed, which are different design criteria.

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