title: Real Security in Python
body: <p>I've been looking for a way to use a password in an if statement.  Obviously, <code>if theRawInput == theCorrectPassword:</code> is extremely non-secure.  Any ideas?  I've seen other questions with this topic, but they all suggest base64, which is also very non-secure (I cracked my own compiled script's password without using the password).  </p>