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by wldlyinaccurate 4478 days ago
No, non-encrypted passwords are an artefact of poor design and incompetent programmers. Cryptographic hashing has been around since the 70's, and cryptography itself pre-dates history.

There is no excuse --no excuse-- for storing passwords in plain text. Anybody who attempts to justify it deserves a swift thwack in the back of the head.