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by jlward4th 4023 days ago
The difference is that a password manager must be able to decrypt a password in order for it to be used, while ideally websites only store one-way hashed passwords which if stolen aren't always useful at gaining access to other sites.
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Ideally websites only store the hash, but you have no way of verifying which websites are actually doing that (and if they are doing it right).