There was another update from Sony today. This one talked about how passwords where not stored in clear text which is a relief. They used a method called “Cryptographic hash function” which is a way to encode the password. They didn’t go into detail on which Algorithm they used though.
While the passwords that were stored were not “encrypted,” they were transformed using a cryptographic hash function. There is a difference between these two types of security measures which is why we said the passwords had not been encrypted. But I want to be very clear that the passwords were not stored in our database in cleartext form. For a description of the difference between encryption and hashing, follow this link.
Regardless, if you have used that password in other places be sure to change it just in case.
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#1 by Clint on May 2nd, 2011 [ 41677 Points ]
Interesting. Glad I have so many password variants XD
#2 by Oly on May 2nd, 2011 [ 129795 Points ]
Yes, definitely good..
#3 by Jason on May 2nd, 2011 [ 27888 Points ]
its good but chances are if they hacked sony they can figure out the encoded passwords lol Good none the less.
#4 by Jay on May 2nd, 2011 [ 82503 Points ]
even if they can decode the password, we still have to create new ones on the next update anyway
#5 by Markus on May 2nd, 2011 [ 4322 Points ]
Good stuff
#6 by EdEN on May 3rd, 2011 [ 102958 Points ]
@Jay And the update is supposed to hit today so we shall get to it ASAP.
#7 by pedrolabate on May 3rd, 2011 [ 39934 Points ]
What’s hashing? Just wondering…
Not too important as everyone said, since password change is mandatory right now. (However, I hope we don’t need to input our old passwords, because I really don’t)