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Evaluate removal of DEFAULT_HASHING_ALGORITHM and related code

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Description

The DEFAULT_HASHING_ALGORITHM setting was removed in Django 4.0. The setting is being referenced in the code here which was introduced by https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/pull/33345.

Investigate if we can remove this along with some of the related code. If so, remove it. If not make a comment near the setting explaining why we continue to use it.

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