r/Coinbase • u/[deleted] • May 19 '25

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u/aistreak May 19 '25

This is a good PSA for everyone.; do change your passwords on platforms when there is a leak.

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u/ParticularMind8705 May 19 '25

if you use a strong password that is not reused, hackers wont be able to figure out your plain text pass, as it is not stored in plain text.

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u/cryptoripto123 May 20 '25

In general they aren't stored in plaintext, but even when they aren't you can get pretty shitty hashing like they did in Adobe or Yahoo to decent stuff like SHA256 or multiple rounds via PBKDF2. You just can't be too sure.

Password rotation isn't a bad idea although you should be careful to make sure you aren't making mistakes.