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Oh. My. Gawd. I just looked at what HSX's TT cookie looks like. I need to remove my disclaimer.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 24 '08, 15:28

Mine is already about ten thousand times safer. Yikes.

They store your password info in plain text.

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wow. I just looked up mine and you're right. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 27, 19:40
You can't be serious. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:16 3
- Can I get a FAIL? -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:17 2
  - Epic Fail: Their "why shouldn't I?" doesn't even state that TT is so much more insecure than the portfolio -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:27 1
    - "HSX has taken precautions so that it would be difficult to retrieve the password and do harm to your account" ... - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:29
Maybe that's why they're trying to change over. -- nm - secretslacker Aug 24, 15:37 2
- I'm sure it could be one of the reasons. I'm sure drupal's session management is somewhat more secure. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 24, 15:51 1
  - (Um, the implied connection that explains this post is that the HSXBETA runs on Drupal) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 15:51
(The portfolio cookie is much safer - the TT cookie is wide-open, though) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 15:31

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