I should have been more precise in the article. Here:<p>A system which uses an adaptive hash function like bcrypt is ~6 orders of magnitude <i>less effed</i> in the event of a compromised database than a system which uses a standard hash algorithm and a salt, <i>ceteris paribus</i>.<p>I would hope you agree that those ~6 orders of magnitude could well be the difference between "not noticeably effed" and "profoundly effed."