Comment by vh1classicvapor on 06/05/2019 at 17:16 UTC

31 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)

View submission: How to keep your Reddit account safe

Are our passwords hashed? Not a security expert, but I've been in enough databases with passwords and credit cards stored in plain text to know that it's a terrible idea.

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Comment by worstnerd at 06/05/2019 at 17:27 UTC

50 upvotes, 9 direct replies

Yes, we salt and hash all passwords and don't store them in plaintext

Comment by [deleted] at 06/05/2019 at 17:17 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 07/05/2019 at 10:20 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Illegal in the EU now... Well kinda. A data leak like that is insanely pricey