June 27, 2024, 3:36 a.m. | /u/Beginning_Court5607

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**DO NOT** encrypt passwords unless you’re doing something like a password manager. Passwords should not be stored in plaintext, and you should use hashing to manage them safely.

Like I could understand why hashing beneficial for password storage in db but then how come is it beneficial to encrypt in password manager??

cybersecurity doing encrypt encryption hashing manage manager password password manager passwords password storage plaintext storage understand

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