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Oct
11
comment How do some sites (e.g. online banks) only ask for specific characters from a password without storing it as plaintext?
AviD makes a good point. I found a banking system that was obviously storing passwords as plaintext: when you go through the "reset password" routine, they mail your password back to you in plaintext via email!
Oct
8
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Oct
7
comment Getting self-signed SSL certificates for all https connections made from some premises
Or worse: the answer would be changed to say "It's completely trustworthy. Don't worry about it." ;)
Oct
7
answered I'm getting lots of unfamiliar connection attempts, what do I do?
Aug
23
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Aug
23
revised Who is responsible for the strength of user's passwords?
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Aug
23
suggested suggested edit on Who is responsible for the strength of user's passwords?
Jun
22
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Jun
22
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