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60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour (www.theregister.com)

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[–] peskypry@lemmy.ml 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's why my bank does not hash the password. They directly send me plain text password over SMS. It is secure that way.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Key Bank?

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[–] suxen_tsihcrana@anarchist.nexus 11 points 6 months ago

Little known fact: it used to be called "Plaintext Private Key Bank", but they shortened it a while ago for unspecified reasons

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