Mad Scientist

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Apr 4	awarded	Nice Question
Jan 30	awarded	Critic
Aug 10	awarded	Student
Aug 10	asked	How secure is the SRP that Blizzard uses to protect passwords?
Aug 7	comment	How do I protect my Gmail account when accessing it via an Android smartphone? @Ramhound That still leaves anyone who finds my phone with access to the application-specific password until I notice the missing phone and can disable it.
Aug 7	asked	How do I protect my Gmail account when accessing it via an Android smartphone?
Jul 20	comment	To salt, or not to salt? A salt alone doesn't prevent anyone from getting the password from the hash, it only prevents the use of rainbow tables. If you use a fast hash like md5 or even SHA-512 an attacker can still brute-force even reasonably strong passwords using GPUs. You have to use a slow hash designed for this purpose like PBKDF2, bcrypt or scrypt.
Jun 8	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Jun 8	awarded	Supporter
Nov 8	comment	Are bookmarklets safe with facebook data? You can examine the source code of the bookmarklet, if you speak Javascript, to be sure.