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Re:The 111M Record Pemiblanc Credential Stuffing List by snailmailman on Monday July 09, 2018 @10:16PM (#17494943)
I think he is referring to Troy Hunts pwned password list.(which is about 9gb, afaik) Presumably it will be updated with these new plaintext passwords.

Once it’s updated, you can check all your passwords against the list. It’s a list of sha256-hashed passwords.(so he isn’t sharing tons of plaintext passwords, as sha256 can’t be reversed) You would sha256 your own passwords and check them all against the list.

Edit: to clarify, I think there are tools to help check against the offline list pretty easily. Or you could also query Troy hunts pwned password page (or its api)once it’s updated; instead of downloading 9gb. The k-anonymity model is pretty clever, and querying the site should be secure.

Re:The 111M Record Pemiblanc Credential Stuffing List by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @02:17AM (#17495825)
I think Firefox is going to use Trent's list to check passwords use when browsing. That would actually make Firefox more functionally useful that other browsers.
Re:The 111M Record Pemiblanc Credential Stuffing List by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @02:19AM (#17495838)