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Salt is used with a hash function, not encryption, AFAIK. Though whether they really are using encryption (of plaintext passwords?), or whether they actually m
by christop 12y ago
Salt is used with a hash function, not encryption, AFAIK.
Though whether they really are using encryption (of plaintext passwords?), or whether they actually meant hashing is another question.
- cschmidt 12y agoExactly. It seems like business oriented press releases often say passwords are "encrypted" when they really mean hashed (if you're lucky). So we can't really tell from this.