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by kaba0 1709 days ago
Hashing one or two 10 char strings takes basically no time on even old mobile hardware.
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Good password hash algorithms specifically are designed to take a while. They add latency to the subsequent page load when you click “submit”.
Not if you are using algorithms specifically designed to take a lot of CPU time, which is a best practice

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