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Re:Can Snowden be targeted using the Adobe breach? by sillysaurus2 on Saturday November 02, 2013 @08:11AM (#6658955)
This is why programmers should stop trying to write their own password systems.
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Re:Can Snowden be targeted using the Adobe breach? by amenod on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:38AM (#6659131)
To be exact, programmers should stop using their own password systems (unless - well, let's not go there :).

Writing them is actually an excellent exercise, and humbling one too. Especially if you show your code to some skilled hacker / security expert.

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