Or to phase it another way: The article is extremely poorly written and attempts to be edgy by suggesting something unconventional only to then roll it back ent

Or to phase it another way: The article is extremely poorly written and attempts to be edgy by suggesting something unconventional only to then roll it back entirely just a few paragraphs later. The whole thing can be distilled down to: "Make sure you're using a modern hashing algorithm, and pay attention to the work factor." It actually has nothing interesting to say regarding salts and or peppers that hasn't been said a million times before.