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Re:Double Blind Passwords a.k.a. Horcruxing by 101008 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:43AM (#25505693)
Honest question: If you send it on the email without storing (just sending appending the $password variable to the email body), what would be the problem?
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Re:Double Blind Passwords a.k.a. Horcruxing by UncleMeat on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @08:02AM (#25505809)
Some email is still sent unencrypted over the web so people snooping on traffic could see it.
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Re:Double Blind Passwords a.k.a. Horcruxing by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:50PM (#25510361)
Not hypothetical https://plaintextoffenders.com/post/628974096028434433/movis...
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Re:Double Blind Passwords a.k.a. Horcruxing by thedanbob on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @08:04AM (#25505828)
Any mail server the email happens to pass through is able to read/log the entire content of the message.
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