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Re:WeChat permanently closes account after user sets offensi... by miga on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:27AM (#23428934)
That strongly suggests that instead of using hash-based authorization, WeChat stores the passwords in cleartext.

That means hackers can break in to WeChat and leak all the passwords.

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Re:WeChat permanently closes account after user sets offensi... by takecarefnd on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:00PM (#23430731)
All website of China save user password in plain text. This is required by Chinese government
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