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0 pointsendisneigh2y ago0 comments

I agree, but it's still the password in that it's the secret set of characters needed to be compared against to login. It's just not the same text a user would enter when prompted for the password.

Keeps in mind these hackers are the ones saying they have passwords and this is Microsoft. Most likely hashes.

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SigmundA2y ago

I disagree you cannot use the hash to login, therefore it is not a password. Is a digital signature the item it is signing?

The whole point of hashing passwords is so if the DB containing them is breached the passwords are not compromised.

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0 pointsendisneigh2y ago0 comments

I agree, but it's still the password in that it's the secret set of characters needed to be compared against to login. It's just not the same text a user would enter when prompted for the password.

Keeps in mind these hackers are the ones saying they have passwords and this is Microsoft. Most likely hashes.

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SigmundA2y ago

I disagree you cannot use the hash to login, therefore it is not a password. Is a digital signature the item it is signing?

The whole point of hashing passwords is so if the DB containing them is breached the passwords are not compromised.

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