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Ask HN: Why are there websites that still dont one way encrypt passwords?
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elb0w
on March 13, 2012
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I just registered at this Pearson CourseCompass website for an online course I am taking. They literally just emailed me back the password I registered with in plain text. Why would you ever do that?
paulhauggis
on March 13, 2012
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It's possible they keep it encrypted using a 2-way scheme rather than a hash.
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