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> 4. Do not use the same password on UseTheSource as you use on Hacker News. That's silly and dangerous. You're not storing the passwords in plaintext, right?
by gregschlom 15y ago
> 4. Do not use the same password on UseTheSource as you use on Hacker News. That's silly and dangerous.
You're not storing the passwords in plaintext, right? They are being salted and encrypted with a one way hash, aren't they?
- jgrahamc 15y agoThey are not stored in plaintext, but that wasn't the motivation for putting that item in the house rules. No matter how I store them I could still see them, and you shouldn't be trusting me (or anyone else) with the same password used on a different site.