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05-11-2005, 11:37 PM
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Question for Wacki or someone else who is smart
If a knowledgeable computer programmer/hacker had access to my computer, and I have the password for say, party poker, saved on my comp, so I can automatically login, would it be possible for this person to figure out what my password is, based on the fact that I have it saved for auto login?
edit-basically what I'm asking is if saved passwords are somehow retrievalbe. 
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05-11-2005, 11:56 PM
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Re: Question for Wacki or someone else who is smart
little experience needed.
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05-12-2005, 12:01 AM
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Re: Question for Wacki or someone else who is smart
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If a knowledgeable computer programmer/hacker had access to my computer, and I have the password for say, party poker, saved on my comp, so I can automatically login, would it be possible for this person to figure out what my password is, based on the fact that I have it saved for auto login? edit-basically what I'm asking is if saved passwords are somehow retrievalbe. [/ QUOTE ] They are stored in an encrypted format. He would have to know how to crack the encryption to get your password.
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05-12-2005, 12:05 AM
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Re: Question for Wacki or someone else who is smart
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[ QUOTE ] If a knowledgeable computer programmer/hacker had access to my computer, and I have the password for say, party poker, saved on my comp, so I can automatically login, would it be possible for this person to figure out what my password is, based on the fact that I have it saved for auto login? edit-basically what I'm asking is if saved passwords are somehow retrievalbe. [/ QUOTE ] They are stored in an encrypted format. He would have to know how to crack the encryption to get your password. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, thats waht I was wondering about....
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05-12-2005, 12:07 AM
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Re: Question for Wacki or someone else who is smart
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] If a knowledgeable computer programmer/hacker had access to my computer, and I have the password for say, party poker, saved on my comp, so I can automatically login, would it be possible for this person to figure out what my password is, based on the fact that I have it saved for auto login? edit-basically what I'm asking is if saved passwords are somehow retrievalbe. [/ QUOTE ] They are stored in an encrypted format. He would have to know how to crack the encryption to get your password. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, thats waht I was wondering about.... [/ QUOTE ] The encryption is probably not that complex but is probably difficult enough that the hacker couldn't break it himself without a tool already having been made. Also, your username is stored encrypted too.
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