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View submission: How to keep your Reddit account safe
Sites that don't store the plaintext still have access to it when the password is set, and when the user returns to authenticate. It can be checked at that time.
Comment by pm-me_your_vimrc at 06/05/2019 at 18:25 UTC
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This is the correct answer
Comment by It_Might_Be_True at 06/05/2019 at 17:45 UTC
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I completely understand the concept of hashes. That is why I'm asking. When do they check, upon us signing in, or do they search said database with a hash.