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The fact that 95% of sites get it wrong doesn't detract from the fact that this implementation is broken, and trivially susceptible to brute force. If 95% of p
by stouset 14y ago
The fact that 95% of sites get it wrong doesn't detract from the fact that this implementation is broken, and trivially susceptible to brute force.
If 95% of people believed in demonic possession, we'd all bemoan how crazy, dangerous, and fucked-up the situation is. But when a developer knows the solution recommended by real live cryptographers and chooses to discard it for his own broken version, we shrug our shoulders because, hey, everyone else gets it wrong too.
Fuck that. Bad code is bad. Bad developer attitudes are worse.