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It's quite easy to come up with a scheme to manipulate the password client-side. I'd assume an organization with any technology credence whatsoever knows not to
by primitivesuave 12y ago
It's quite easy to come up with a scheme to manipulate the password client-side. I'd assume an organization with any technology credence whatsoever knows not to store unencrypted passwords by now.
- zackify 12y agotake a look at pearson's blackboard, they store passwords in plain text.
- steve-howard 12y agoI'd really rather not. Blackboard has a reputation among students and faculty alike for being nigh-impossible to understand.
- username 12y agoPearson does this in all of their services.
- zackify 12y agoi know, mymathlab as well.
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- jszymborski 12y agoThe problem is that these passwords are used on everything from printer services to cisco vpn access to federated network ("eduroam") where "client-side" isn't somethin McGill controls. McGill does some beautiful IT admin stuff. And then it does some scary-ass shit like this.