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Wait. In order for this to work, wouldn't they HAVE to store your email password in plain text? O_O
by Finster 13y ago
Wait. In order for this to work, wouldn't they HAVE to store your email password in plain text?
O_O
- mariusz331 13y agomhmm. i would feel better if they go through the trouble mint does to store credentials: http://www.quora.com/How-do-mint-com-and-similar-websites-avoid-storing-passwords-in-plain-text http://www.quora.com/How-do-mint-com-and-similar-websites-av... but i doubt they do
- r00fus 13y agoDoes it actually store the password? Perhaps it simply passes it on to the IMAP or CardDAV request to get your contacts?
- miahi 13y agoWho would discard this kind of precious info?
- greenyoda 13y ago"wouldn't they HAVE to store your email password in plain text?" No, they would only need to have the plain text for the brief period when they're using your password to log in to your e-mail. So they could store it encrypted in their database and decrypt it when needed.