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Facebook's servers get to see your plaintext password for a fraction of a second every time you log in. That's their opportunity.
by kijin 15y ago
Facebook's servers get to see your plaintext password for a fraction of a second every time you log in. That's their opportunity.
- r00fus 15y agoHell, wasn't Zuck infamous for using the mis-entered password of users to break into their email accounts at Harvard? Even if that tale is apocryphal, the underlying moral is true - your security is greatly undermined if you reuse your password (or key) across sites - any malicious site operator (or even an honest one that has their security broken) will expose you.