Re:Firefox to Warn When Saved Logins Are Found in Data Breaches
by drexlspivey on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @02:25PM
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No they don't. The browser hashes the password, then sends the first 5 hex digits of the hash to haveibeenpwned. HIBP replies with all the hashes of leaked passwords that start with these 5 digits and the browser then checks to see if the hash is in the list.
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