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[โ€“] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plus if the front end is hashing with each keystroke, I feel like the security of the final hash is far, far, less secure to any observer/eavesdropper.

If the password is hunter2 and the front end sends a hash for h, then hu, then hun, etc., then someone observing all these hashes only has to check each hash against a single keystroke, then move on to the next hash with all but the last keystroke known. That hash table is a much smaller search space, then.

"hunter2", you say?

Puts on shades

"I'm in." rapid keystrokes