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		happppy on April 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in... maybe they need passwords to login as user?

jordache on April 19, 2019 [–]

even if they want to emulate a user, they can do so without their password. Or if doing so in a simplistic way, they can login with said user's hashed password, instead of the original plaintext.

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