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 Message 1793 
 Matthias Hertzog to August Abolins 
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 05 Apr 21 15:13:26 
 
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Hello August!

 AA> Why isn't that data stored encrypted?  Then, if access to the
 AA> stored data were to be compromised, it would be useless if
 AA> leaked.

Usually, leaks don't happen on an exposed SQL database, but in frontend
scripts with flaws. As the frontend scripts need the unencrypted data anyway,
the only way to secure things is at that level. Simply said.

Matthias
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