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    Are neopets passwords no longer stored in plaintext?

    Rumor has it that Neopets no longer stores passwords in plaintext, i.e. passwords are encrypted. Is there any truth behind this?

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    Um... nobody has heard anything about any of this? How's that possible?

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    What's safer about having passwords encrypted? Is it because people hacking into the serve then can't just get free passwords?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheLargeOne View Post
    What's safer about having passwords encrypted? Is it because people hacking into the serve then can't just get free passwords?
    Pretty much. It just means they have to jump through an extra hoop to get your password. The "downside" is that TNT won't be able to read your old passwords anymore (assuming those are encrypted as well), and thus won't be able to verify account ownership that way.

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    Really? I think I like this idea.

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    I'm pretty sure people who have information like this aren't too interested in posting it out in the open for any old person to see.

    You should try asking whoever told you that rumor

    ---------- Post added at 01:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 AM ----------

    Also, where there is encryption, there is also decryption.
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