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		upon_drumhead on Aug 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on p... Are they sending the passwords or are they hashing and sending the hashes? I know 1Password's watchtower uses hashes to detect leaked passwords.

JohnFen on Aug 5, 2024 [–]

Almost certainly they're sending hashes. However, if they don't have a way to disable this, that's a serious problem, hashes or not.

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