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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2252714" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Most of the time the passwords held on the web is encrypted anyway, that is why sites have the "forgot your password" recovery links.  You have to then verify your e-mail and put in a new password.  Those sites have a keycode or "salt" that is used to encrypt the passwords.  Even if the lists of usernames, passwords and e-mails are turned over most of that info is already available online anyway, people post so much information on the "social" sites that they can already have your name and e-mail address along with your physical address and a list of all your "friends" too.  The passwords would be basically worthless as well as they would have to try and decrypt them all and unless the person running the servers hands over the salt along with the list good luck on that one.</p></blockquote><p></p>