@Cabrio@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoLarion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square239fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down1127file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1imageLarion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext.lemmy.world@Cabrio@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square239fedilinkfile-text
Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext. Don’t use a password there that you’ve used anywhere else.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish25•2 years agoEncrypted passwords are still an unacceptable way to store passwords. They should be hashed.
minus-square@Michal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoJust because they send out the password does not mean it’s not hashed. They could send the email before hashing.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoYou’re correct and after reading more of the thread I saw OP say this was sent immediately after registering. I don’t have reason to believe it is stirred in plaintext unless they’re storing s copy of every email they send.
Encrypted passwords are still an unacceptable way to store passwords. They should be hashed.
(and salted before hashing.)
And marinated in butter milk.
Peppered if you’re feeling extra
Just because they send out the password does not mean it’s not hashed. They could send the email before hashing.
You’re correct and after reading more of the thread I saw OP say this was sent immediately after registering. I don’t have reason to believe it is stirred in plaintext unless they’re storing s copy of every email they send.