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In response to "All these sites that are like "make sure you pick you a password that isn't easy to guess" and then they just go and get hacked and give my pw away... -- nm" by ty97

Yes. That's why it's important for passwords to be salted and hashed, instead of being "encrypted".

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Oct 7 '21, 12:53

Of course, the password exists in memory while the code is executing, so if the hackers have production access, it's game over, man.

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a couple fried eggs, some bacon and some salty hash is just yummy -- nm - decline Oct 7, 13:01 1
- Needs more pork roll. - znufrii Oct 7, 13:05
Salted, hashed, smothered -and- covered! -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 12:54 1
- W@ffleH0use! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 13:05

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