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It depends on the evidence the submitters send us. If it's a Forgot Password or Password Reminder (or sometimes being told what your password is by a CS rep), that's evidence enough. We also allow for Here Are Your Details emails after registration as evidence, though the probability is small that passwords are stored in plaintext/reversible encryption (but we still believe it's an offense since the password is both sent over an insecure medium and is stored on the email server).


Isn't there also the chance that they only send plain text at the time of storage? Would you still consider that a plain text offender?


Yes. We have talked about this in the past and all of the links are in the about page: http://plaintextoffenders.com/about




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