# password\_hash & salt with facebook authentication

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 16, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-hash-salt-with-facebook-authentication/42649 "2016-04-16T13:15:35Z")\
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What in the facebook API becomes the password\_hash and salt when a user signs up and authenticates using facebook?

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