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by conradev 5268 days ago
> +1 for not storing clear text passwords.

That shouldn't need a +1.

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Considering that 90% of success is showing up, and the next 9% is avoiding obvious failure paths, Zappos is doing pretty well here.

Lots of room for improvement above and beyond these two points, sure, but at least they're not falling victim to the classic blunders.

Disallowing international sales means they'll probably also avoid getting involved in a land war in Asia.

Now if I can just find my iocane powder...

It shouldn't, but it's shocking how many companies don't encrypt passwords before storing them in the db.