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		zzzpass on March 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What technical reasons are there to have low maxim... if you don't keep the password lists in plain text you wont have this problem...

lucb1e on March 31, 2013 [–]

Actually his post was sarcastic (I think that's the word). Of course passwords should be hashed, and moreover they should not be read to customers over the phone.

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