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Does Facebook save your passwords?
Facebook confirmed Thursday in a blog post, prompted by a report by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs, that it stored “hundreds of millions” of account passwords in plaintext for years. The discovery was made in January, said Facebook’s Pedro Canahuati, as part of a routine security review.
Does Facebook keep old passwords?
This question already has answers here: Facebook stores old password hashes (along with the old salt), such that if you try to log in with a previous password, Facebook tells you that you updated the password (and when). Nice user experience.
What is needed in a Facebook password?
Facebook recommends that passwords be complex and at least 8 characters long, with a combination of numbers, letters and punctuation marks. Facebook also suggests using a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters for security.
What is the best password in Facebook?
Don’t use easily guessed passwords, such as a phone number date of birth or postal code. Use a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters. Create a password that contains at least ten characters.
How many Facebook passwords are stored in plain text?
Facebook stored passwords for hundreds of millions of users in plain text, exposing them for years to anyone who had internal access to the files, according to Krebs on Security.
How are Facebook passwords protected from the public?
User passwords are typically protected with encryption (a process known as hashing ), but a string of errors led certain Facebook-branded apps to leave passwords accessible to as many as 20,000 company employees.
Why does Facebook store a hash of your password?
Another possibility is that Facebook stores a hash of your password, and a hash of the SOUNDEX of your password. Then when you enter your new password, it can compare the hash of its SOUNDEX with previously stored ones and respond that a password is too similar. This is, of course, purely conjecture.
Is there a problem with passwords on Facebook?
Facebook confirmed the issue in a blog post, titled “Keeping Passwords Secure,” and it said the company identified the problem in January as part of a security review. Facebook says it has fixed the issue and will notify everyone affected.