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		developer2 on June 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ebay posts every character a user types into the p... It's less of a concern about an attacker gaining access to the log files, as it is that passwords should simply not be stored plaintext... anywhere. One doesn't really need to ask "why", it's just good common sense.

sigkill on June 29, 2016 [–]

I might even go as far as saying that passwords should simply not be stored at all anywhere.

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