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True, but we'll never know if they used unsalted SHA1 or scrypt. Is there no value in putting a technical note at the end of press releases like this?



sillysaurus2: We used SHA1, see my comment above.


> True, but we'll never know if they used unsalted SHA1 or scrypt

Except that we already do know ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245439 ) . This notice to the general public is not the sum total of their communications. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7245598 )




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