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maga_mama_757 [S] 36 points ago +36 / -0

https://gab.com/mattbraynard/posts/105815902718266595

"The Wired article said they got DMs and passwords too."

Braynard: "Passwords are encrypted and Gab doesn't have DMs."

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CyclopticErotica 23 points ago +23 / -0

They likely have a password hash. All it can do is tell you if a password you try is right or wrong.

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d_bokk 14 points ago +14 / -0

Still important to change your passwords and not use the one on Gab anywhere else again, hackers can still attempt to brute force those hashes, especially weaker ones.

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Tweedlethree 8 points ago +8 / -0

That what I did, I was more concerned with the creeps trying the password elsewhere.

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anachrotech 5 points ago +5 / -0

Yeppers. Changed mine this morning.

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AtticusDenzil 1 point ago +1 / -0

use password generators and store them for your browser

create fake accounts if you're worried and ya let the idiots brute force their life away

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spelunking_librator 1 point ago +1 / -0

use a private tab and don't store shit

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knuckles_ghost 3 points ago +3 / -0

Blowfish

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jubyeonin 3 points ago +3 / -0

So it can still tell you who used "Password" as a password. 🤔

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bills_gash 3 points ago +4 / -1

I can tell you too. A name that doesn't get said often enough here.

John Podesta. Hiding in the shadows somewhere, Skippy?

I know a lot of people wanna roast your walnuts.

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Doc57 2 points ago +2 / -0

just damn.

I need to reconsider that.

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E-dantes 2 points ago +2 / -0

It can also tell you if i used the password on my match luggage