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Any sensible company would store passwords as hashes... I sure hope google would.

• ngcc_hk 7y ago
  I hope so. But handover all hashes?
  • vaylian 7y ago
    That's most likely what will happen, simply so that the companies can say that they complied with the law.
  • Avamander 7y ago
    Let's hope they're salted and they use something very slow to bruteforce
    • nashashmi 7y ago
      Hope is not a security solution.
      • Avamander 7y ago
        Sure isn't, but that's how proprietary software is, you only have hope.
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• Nextgrid 7y ago
  They can always alter the login code to secretly log the passwords in plain text the next time the designated users log in.
  • haecceity 7y ago
    Gdpr violation?
    • pjc50 7y ago
      There's an explicit exemption for state security in GDPR (and indeed ECHR Article 8)
    • anticensor 7y ago
      No, required by another law.
  • lima 7y ago
    There is no law in Germany (or anywhere else that I'm aware of) that would compel a company to do this.
    • Nextgrid 7y ago
      I hope there isn't. But my point was that in the event they are indeed compelled by law to reveal passwords, this would be the only way they'd achieve that.
      • lima 7y ago
        See my other comment - the law is about access codes like SIM PUKs and drive encryption keys, not passwords.