Comment by gdq0 on 06/05/2019 at 17:54 UTC

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passwords are salted and hashed, then stored. If you salt and hash all the passwords in 3rd party breach sets, you can compare that to the stored values.

https://askleo.com/websites-store-passwords-securely/

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Comment by bathrobehero at 06/05/2019 at 22:05 UTC

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No, because not everyone (nor should they be) use the same salt/hash.