Topic: Bcrypt

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Dog Dazer
Episode 1031 1:38:43 - 1:42:44

1031: Dog Dazer

Twitter Password Bug and Human Error

Twitter recently advised all 330 million users to change their passwords due to a "bug" that stored them in clear text on an internal server. A similar issue occurred at GitHub, suggesting the problem was a configuration error with the "bcrypt" hashing software rather than a software glitch. The hosts argue that "glitch" is often used to mask human incompetence or irresponsibility.