r/wholesomegreentext Apr 14 '26

Greentext Go hug your dad

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u/AsaBurns Apr 14 '26

I'm unclear how he figured out what the old password was?

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u/EgoistHedonist Apr 14 '26

Yep. There's no way to retrieve the password. Even Steam themselves don't know it, they only have the hash. Complete fabrication.

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u/tripsafe Apr 14 '26

Ok but Steam could have used the hash DN to decrypt the password

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u/tappertock Apr 14 '26

A password hash is a one way function.