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Re:Chat app fined for plaintext passwords under GDPR by UncleMeat on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:09AM (#18534291)
You are already one xss attack away from having your session stolen or having your credentials stolen or any number of other bad things. Passwords on the client are fine.
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Re:Chat app fined for plaintext passwords under GDPR by anoncake on Monday November 26, 2018 @01:06PM (#18535416)
Unless the user uses the same password for other things, which is extremely common.
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