Does Usergrid store passwords as plaintext or encrypted?

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How does usergrid store user passwords ? Are they encrypted and stored or are they stored as plaintext ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '15 at 14:07

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If you are using the built-in /users collection, then all passwords are always encrypted using an 8-pass BCrypt encryption algorithm. The same is true for Org Admin users.

answered Mar 13 '15 at 14:07

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Just one little precision, Bcrypt isn't a encryption but a hashing algorithm. – Jan Moritz Aug 13 '15 at 07:49

Does Usergrid store passwords as plaintext or encrypted?

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