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How Sites Store Your Password

A good website never actually knows your password

A website checks your password every day. So how can the best ones honestly say they have no idea what it is?

You'll find out

  • What a site keeps instead of it
  • How a pinch of salt stops thieves
  • Why slow is good here

Why it matters

Password tables get stolen again and again. How they were kept decides whether that is a nuisance or a disaster.

About 4 min7 interactive slides · 5 questionsLesson 162 · Zone 18

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