Is there anything stopping the owners of this site from taking our passwords?

[Cow]

The passwords are encrypted. That's why whenever you register, the password box is always the dots or '*'

[Odin]

i use the same password for a large chunk of everythign i do .-.

They can indeed if they wanted to badly enough.

However if this forum is constructed in any sane manner, the passwords are stored in an hashed form. They would have to read out the hashed data from the main database, and then try to crack it to get the actual password back using methods similar to how people's Mabinogi accounts have been getting hacked so badly lately.

It would take a lot more effort than it would be worth I think, unless you happen to be protecting a few hundred thousand dollars in your bank account with the same password.

[Malogg]

Protip: NEVER check the "Remember password" box. That's the easiest way to forget your password.

[Murasaki]

I've never forgotten a password after checking the box. xD

[Cannibal]

Yeah, I have the box checked all the time, and I still remember my password.

Of course, I've been here almost 2 years...

[Murasaki]

Yeah...Only time I forget a password is when I visit the site like once a year.

[Milk]

I have a pretty insane password I use.
Its pretty much muscle memory now but i know what and why its in that order in specific.
For social sites I use a pretty simple password but i still feel like id be pretty hard to guess.

[Murasaki]

My password for the important things is somewhat short but incredibly nonsensical. For social sites and things like that it's normal words and a number.