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[thewinker]

Originally Posted by AshG

being an it geek i have allways used different passwords for all things of importance e.g accounts with admin access etc.

what most dont realise is that the poeple who own/run forums can retrieve a users password if they know how to open up the correct table and extract the data.

Not actually true. Most systems use a forward encryption system to ensure passwords are not stored in clear text. The only way to recover would be by brute force, trying every combination, but that could take weeks or even months.