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This seems a bit like testing if your parachute was packed properly by deploying it. Once I've sent my password at a 3rd party API, it doesn't much matter what

by akerl_ 12y ago

This seems a bit like testing if your parachute was packed properly by deploying it. Once I've sent my password at a 3rd party API, it doesn't much matter what the API says: my password is no longer secure.

bikamonki 12y ago
Correct, but every site where you signup does that and I do not think anyone cares. Maybe such API will not be for end users but for other apps to run signup forms against it and help users choose a better one. In any case, the whole password deal is broken. I now use my own offline pwd generator for the "important" sites but I guess I am not the average Internet user.
- akerl_ 12y ago
  What site out there is sending my plaintext passwords to a 3rd party service to validate their strength?
  - bikamonki 12y ago
    Hopefully none, and hopefully they are all following best practices to protect your password, but you trust them regardless. Besides, who said plain text, such service could use ssl.
    - agersant 12y ago
      I think he meant plaintext as opposed to a hash of the password.