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Passwords sent as plaintext? (infosec.pub)
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I tried logging in on browser and I had inspected the request. My password was sent in plaintext. Is this a infosec.pub issue or a Lemmy one?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it provides no advantage. TLS is used to secure any data sent to a server. If you don't trust the server with your password, then you should use a unique password for this website. In fact, you should always use a unique password.

https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Okay. I am pretty new to this stuff so I'll go and check out SSL/TLS. Thanks :)