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They don’t publish the data itself they just compare a hash of it to a hash of whatever you submit for comparison.

• donw 6y ago
  Right, but they have to look at that data to create those hashes, no?
  • DJBunnies 6y ago
    No, you submit your own hashes or partial hashes.
    • jffry 6y ago
      I think donw was talking about the much more gray-area part of HIBP: obtaining the lists of leaked passwords, in order to hash each one and store the hashes.