They don’t store email addresses with password in the database. That would be wa... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		Jaxan 58 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two billion email addresses were exposed They don’t store email addresses with password in the database. That would be way too risky. These are separate databases, so you can lookup your email address, and separately check a password.

cestith 55 days ago [–]

I think for passwords they only store a hashed version.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact