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Specific to the security of passwords: hashing, entropy, cracking, resets, lockouts, etc.

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Is sending a password encrypted or as SHA1 any safer than clear text?

As tim wrote, it could help mitigating the effects of password reuse for users in a few cases, but if what you're thinking of is hashing it client side instead of on the server side, this would be a m …
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