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		subb on Oct 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS Well, if you hash your password client-side, what's the difference from using clear text? A MITM will intercept your hashed password and use that to login.

tedunangst on Oct 24, 2013 [–]

In theory, you could use something like MD5 auth, but really there's not much point.

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