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In my country (UK), if it is not (reasonably) secure then they would be liable for prosecution. And yes, sorry, I was answering a different question to the one
by SixSigma 12y ago
In my country (UK), if it is not (reasonably) secure then they would be liable for prosecution.
And yes, sorry, I was answering a different question to the one you asked.
- dchest 12y agoAll right, I see: 1) People asking this question are eBay shareholders who are interested to learn if the company they own will be prosecuted by UK government for storing passwords insecurely; the fact of which was discovered after the leak of 145 million user records. or 2) People asking this question are potential plaintiffs wanting to know if they should sue eBay for storing their password without hashing it with some hash function defined by law as secure.