Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoMeta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain textwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1959arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1955arrow-down1external-linkMeta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain textwww.engadget.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square3x7x37@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours ago I can only hope they encrypted them properly at some point Encryption is reversible, hashing isn’t. That’s why you use the latter for passwords.
Encryption is reversible, hashing isn’t. That’s why you use the latter for passwords.