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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by latexr on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:08PM (#38956129)
> Hashing every word typed

Wouldn’t work if your password contains spaces.

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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by KETHERCORTEX on Thursday January 11, 2024 @04:24PM (#38959306)
They just hash every substring that can be a password.

Don't write long comments. Show some love to HN's server carrying its O(n^2) burden.

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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by bbarnett on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:38PM (#38956637)
But it does! They, instead, hash each letter independently, that's how they can do this.
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