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randm_prgrmron Technical co-founder needed for a 'neglected' app having 100,000 users

Well, now I am curious. I wonder what sort of app it is, and I wonder what % of those 100,000 registered users are active users. I've been looking for an excuse to use Stripe for payment processing. This could be it. Shoot me some details. randm.prgrmr@gmail.com

randm_prgrmron Instagram sends passwords in plain text

"Salting" it in that way doesn't increase your security by much? If they looked at your password, once they obtained it, how long would it take them to figure out what you were doing, and thereby be able to derive all your other passwords?

randm_prgrmron Blizzard continues to innovate on the security front

Can anyone briefly explain to me how a Blizzard authenticator works? I'd like to implement something like that for fun, but apparently my google-fu is weak. A link would also be good.

[If anyone cares, I bought some model rocket motors and a TI Launchpad, I have a modem and a landline... Dialing in a launch and requiring the use of an autheticator to do so sounds like great fun. My own pretend nukes.]