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		kaba0 on Oct 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail password first character is case insensitive... Hashing one or two 10 char strings takes basically no time on even old mobile hardware.

spookthesunset on Oct 9, 2021 | [–]

Good password hash algorithms specifically are designed to take a while. They add latency to the subsequent page load when you click “submit”.

weird-eye-issue on Oct 9, 2021 | [–]

Not if you are using algorithms specifically designed to take a lot of CPU time, which is a best practice

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