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1. bootlooped · 1790984162 · focus · HN ↗

   My biggest question here is are they not just feeding the input into a hash function, why can't it be longer than 20 characters?

   1. matja · 1790985056 · focus · HN ↗

          CREATE TABLE passwords (
            email VARCHAR(MAX),
            password VARCHAR(20) UNIQUE -- unique passwords are more secure.
              -- NOTE: "20" here because we used to use SHA1 hashes
              -- but there was an issue with storing binary in CP437
              -- so we just renamed the field.
          )

      1. kstrauser · 1790986059 · focus · HN ↗

         That just made me twitch so hard that I have a crick in my neck.

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