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What Does a Secure Password Even Mean? Password Security and Encryption – What You Need to Know

Dominik M.9 min readOct 29, 2021Technology

Dominik M.9 min read

Contents:

But what makes a password secure?

What you thought was a great password – actually isn't.

How to create a safe password?

An additional layer of security to your password

How do we create safe passwords at Devōt?

So, what is hashing?

How is hashing different from encrypting?

Salt, pepper, and optimizing safety

So, what do we do?

Authentication & authorization – what is the difference and, what type to use?

Let's put it all to practice – how does it work?

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