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Comment by gjsman-1000

"Stop passing plain passwords over the wire."

If you are using HTTPS, you are equally as good as any other login form.

Some have suggested using JavaScript to encrypt passwords before send - but in my opinion, this is generally stupid because it breaks support on browsers without JavaScript, and this doesn't protect you from the server at all because a hacker could just change the JavaScript to send plaintext copies somewhere. You are reliant on the server being a source of truth either way.

parent gjsman-1000 4 years ago

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