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Are the forum/MGN passwords stored in plaintext? 
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This is something I've been sorta curious about for a while. As shown by a couple events in the past, MG is far from an impenetrable fortress when it comes to security, and this would be a nice thing to know.


For those who don't know why plaintext is a bad thing, check out the top answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1197 ... is-treasur

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Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:06 pm
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someone please respond to this thread I haven't been able to sleep at night worrying cleod might hack into my bank account or paypal

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Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:39 pm
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It's how he funds apron production

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Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:44 pm
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No default phpBB3 board has stored passwords as plaintext since like, ever

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Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:14 pm
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Tid wrote:
No default phpBB3 board has stored passwords as plaintext since like, ever

Welp, thanks. No more use for this then.

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