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		justusw on Nov 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I hate password rules Could that mean that the password is stored unhashed?

johnisgood on Nov 18, 2021 [–]

Since the number of characters is the same in the case of hashes, yes, the password is saved as-is.

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