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Re:Yahoo discloses hack of 1B accounts by cm2187 on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:42PM (#13181246)
I am not sure I agree. Your way will leave all the non active users exposed in the case of a leak. They may not be active on your website but are likely active on another website using the same password.
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Re:Yahoo discloses hack of 1B accounts by user5994461 on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:50PM (#13181301)
As I said, that's an option among others, it has drawbacks.

For a website like Yahoo with billions of abandoned accounts, that's a serious drawback ^^

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