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Is it OK to for a website owner to bruteforce password hashes?
by
Apache
on 11/10/2013, 21:52:13 UTC
I'd like to communities opinion on this. This is a hypothetical situation..... Wink

Do you guys think its OK (legally or morally) for a website owner to bruteforce the password hashes of a number of users of their website, and then use the resulting passwords to access their accounts on other websites and email addresses?

Do you think it makes a difference if its part of an investigation into possible scamming?

Do you think it makes the website owner less trustworthy?

What if the website owner is being trusted with millions of dollars worth of BTC?

Do you think its worse if the owner gave the hashes to someone else and paid them bruteforce it?

What if you had proof that a website owner did this, would you prove it to the community?