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I thought hashing passwords was a standard security practice?
I'm really disappointed in you guys. God knows how many passwords I have to change now. (Probably my own fault for duplicating the same username/password combination so many times... But habits are hard to break.)
Comment by meats at 14/12/2006 at 21:45 UTC
16 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I thought hashing passwords was a standard security practice?
And it's a practically meaningless security practice as well for websites that don't use SSL. The weakest link in the security chain is all the data that's sent in the clear over the wires.
Comment by Alpha_Binary at 15/12/2006 at 08:04 UTC
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Yeah, and I thought using different passwords (or at least different *levels* of password) when registering for different websites was a standard security practice. You don't seem to really value your privacy that much after all.
Come on, give them a break. Everyone makes mistakes. They've admitted theirs.