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Re:But why can't I send people their passwords? by jere on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:50AM (#7944252)
You do when they first create it.
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Re:But why can't I send people their passwords? by yebyen on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @03:23PM (#7946208)
And every time they enter it to log in, up until the moment when it's hashed and (maybe the memory is overwritten with zeros before being) garbage collected.
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