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		ValentineC on June 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I Just Closed My LinkedIn Account How does Linkedin store the email password? Plaintext since they can't send hashes across?

sejje on June 18, 2013 [–]

They hopefully don't store it. If they do, hopefully it would be in a reversible hash.

But the answer to your question is "we have no idea."

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