"I think the biggest problem we have today, with regards to securely hashing passwords, isn’t the technology available, but the fact that sites still use the ol

"I think the biggest problem we have today, with regards to securely hashing passwords, isn’t the technology available, but the fact that sites still use the older, less secure approaches. If a site cares enough[...]" There you have it. Today, I helped an older computer illiterate friend update her mobile phone company data online. She had forgotten her password, so I clicked "lost password". The mobile phone company sent out her password in plain text by email. Hashing? Salting? Never heard of it! The concept quoted in the article does sound interesting though...