Thread: IM, Email Passwords Are Stored as Plain Text
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2010-01-18 , 13:41
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#71
Originally Posted by zwer View Post
So, a guy that knows how to write an app, or inject his malicious code into some other app, and convince you to download and install it, will have more trouble getting your obfuscated passwords than those written in plain text? Come on...
And if said app can be downloaded through App Manager? Or a file can be uploaded through the browser to a remote machine? Or someone can copy & paste a single command to ROT13 a file, or Base-64 decode it.
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