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They won't be storing the email password in cleartext. They would probably be using reversible encryption.

Here's how Mint.com stores your banking credentials: https://www.quora.com/How-do-mint-com-and-similar-websites-a... I assume LinkedIn Intro would be using a similar technique.



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