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MajorHavoc@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Using “we use a reversible hash” to claim “we don’t store passwords in plain text” is the “corn syrup is not sugar” of the cybersecurity world.

It’s technically correct, while also a bald faced lie.

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poopsmith@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Not sure what you mean here, this is what the forum post said:

After emailing (admittedly not current best practice), the passwords are hashed and only the hash is stored.

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