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Sky Reps asking for passwords

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  • 31-10-2018 6:42pm
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    tricky D
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    There's a thread over in the Sky forum where the reps apparently ask you for your password. https://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057924392


    Am I missing some thing? I'd always thought passwords would never be stored as is, but always hashed. maybe with salt.


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    Virtanen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭Virtanen


    There are two 'passwords' on a Sky account. Your password for logging in to your account, e.g. R4ndom$tring0fL3tt3rs, and a customer support password, which is more like a codeword, e.g. place, thing, mother's birth name, things like that

    I'm assuming the rep was looking for the latter, not the former


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    Huntline
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭Huntline


    tricky D wrote: »
    There's a thread over in the Sky forum where the reps apparently ask you for your password. https://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057924392


    Am I missing some thing? I'd always thought passwords would never be stored as is, but always hashed. maybe with salt.

    You already got your answer in the other thread. Why bother making a new one?


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Huntline wrote: »
    You already got your answer in the other thread. Why bother making a new one?
    That answer was after I started this.


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    nim1bdeh38l2cw
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    tricky D wrote: »
    That answer was after I started this.

    It wasn't :pac:


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