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Ask HN: Why are there websites that still dont one way encrypt passwords?

1 points by elb0w 14 years ago · 1 comment · 1 min read


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 14 years ago

It's possible they keep it encrypted using a 2-way scheme rather than a hash.

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