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Unfortunately that's not a way of 'knowing' a site stores passwords in the clear or not. They can send you a new password and still store them in plaintext.
by sev 17y ago
Unfortunately that's not a way of 'knowing' a site stores passwords in the clear or not. They can send you a new password and still store them in plaintext.
- dotBen 17y agoThis is true, I riffed of my first comment too quickly. Thanks for pointing out. It's still a good indicator, and if you do get back that throw-away password then you know to be extra careful/give the site a miss.
- JoachimSchipper 17y agoUsing a different, decent password for each site is a good idea anyway. This doesn't apply to, say, the New York Times, of course; but accounts that you care about should have decent passwords.