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Re:How Dropbox securely stores your passwords by jszymborski on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:12PM (#12550164)
Hold the phone. Using MD5 upfront opens you up to a significantly increased collision probability. That has to degrade the security here.
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Re:How Dropbox securely stores your passwords by tedunangst on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:17PM (#12550798)
Not in a way that matters.
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Re:How Dropbox securely stores your passwords by Sammi on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:39PM (#12550443)
It's probably because of migration, as amenghra explains.
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Re:How Dropbox securely stores your passwords by alecmuffett on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:11PM (#12553088)
Correct.
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