In this introduction video to password hashing, you’ll learn how YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google and other online account services don’t know what your password is. In fact, if you dig around in a WordPress database, you will see that it is impossible to decipher any username’s password. It all has to do with password hashing.
Here’s Tom Scott to explain:
Did you get that?
Don’t trust any place that can email you the actual password!
[via YouTube | Retro login screen image via marc falardeau via Compfight cc]
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