Wothe@lemmy.worldBanned to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoAdd-on: same password, same identity.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up11.32K
arrow-up11.32KimageAdd-on: same password, same identity.lemmy.worldWothe@lemmy.worldBanned to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square156linkfedilink
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·2 years agoImagine a site telling you “Sorry, you can’t use asdf123 as your password: you’ve already used it on that other site”.
minus-squareA_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoThat’s not as far fetched as it sounds. Any website worth its salt will store your password as a hash, so if they started sharing the hashes with each other they could prevent you from reusing passwords without changing much security-wise
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoAny website worth its salt will salt the hash as well…
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoRemoved by mod
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThis was supposed to be a joke; of course it wouldn’t.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.caBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoIt’s a pretty old meme, hunter11, but it checks out.
Imagine a site telling you “Sorry, you can’t use
asdf123as your password: you’ve already used it on that other site”.That’s not as far fetched as it sounds. Any website worth its salt will store your password as a hash, so if they started sharing the hashes with each other they could prevent you from reusing passwords without changing much security-wise
Any website worth its salt will salt the hash as well…
Removed by mod
This was supposed to be a joke; of course it wouldn’t.
It’s a pretty old meme, hunter11, but it checks out.