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Hashed Passwords, layman don't know what a "hash" is so they use the term encrypted since most people know what that is (even if it's incorrect terminology) It'
by kenrikm 13y ago
Hashed Passwords, layman don't know what a "hash" is so they use the term encrypted since most people know what that is (even if it's incorrect terminology) It's pretty clear when they say that a weak or obvious password would be easier to crack, hash tables.
- sillysaurus2 13y agoTrue, but we'll never know if they used unsalted SHA1 or scrypt. Is there no value in putting a technical note at the end of press releases like this?
- mecredis 13y agosillysaurus2: We used SHA1, see my comment above.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago> True, but we'll never know if they used unsalted SHA1 or scrypt Except that we already do know ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245439 ) . This notice to the general public is not the sum total of their communications. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245598 )