Re:800M Email Addresses Leaked Online by Email Verification ...
by sfopdxnonstop on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:25PM
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Yes because that's the same as requiring two passwords. It's even more secure to get three or five. But using the email address serves a different purpose, people rarely forget them.
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Re:800M Email Addresses Leaked Online by Email Verification ...
by quickthrower2 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:32PM
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Not really, in the event of a leak, two hashed passwords leaks less information than a hashed password and an email address.
Why have 2 not 1. Well one of them has to be globally unique on the site, the other has to be hard to guess. Two different requirements.