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		srtjstjsj on Sept 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We didn't encrypt your password, we hashed it Passwords aren't encrypted, so why would deterministic encryption matter?

quesera on Sept 4, 2020 [–]

Err, yes, good point. And if I had read the article first, I would have had the proper context of technical specificity loaded before commenting.

Nevertheless, most encryption algorithms are deterministic. :)

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