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MechMK1

9:02 AM

Good morning, my friends! I hope y'all have a good day!

11 hours later…

MechMK1

8:26 PM

Q: Are password managers still effective on a cloud PC (virtual machine)?

I have recently started using a cloud gaming service. It provides me with control of a 'remote PC' (actually a virtual machine running in their data centre) accessed through an app or VNC console. The VM is switched on/off using a control webpage where a password must be entered. This week the c...

^- This is honestly a cool question. Also, wtf cloud gaming?

Conor Mancone

9:07 PM

This answer amuses me. The original answer was bad bordering on wrong, but was accepted shortly afterwards. So I left an answer, someone else left an answer, and then the original answerer came back and completely rewrote his answer, combining details from my comment, answer, and the other person's answer. And you know what? It's a great answer now that nicely summarizes everything! Reversed my downvote. Does this count as a win for plagiarism :)

It's SO though, so there is no such thing as plagiarism. I'm actually perfectly okay with what the guy did

A: Client side password hashing with exposed salt word - did I find a breach?

It depends. There is not enough information in your question to give specific answers, and probably without knowing the server side, it will be hard to evaluate. Isn't this a breach? I would not call it a breach just yet, because simply knowing the fact that the client hashes the password does ...