By dansnetwork
via blog.dansnetwork.com
Published: Jul 17 2008 / 10:23
How many times, after proceeding with this shameful process, have you received an email containing your password? No, not a link to change your password or questions about your account that only you would know (that would eventually allow you in), your actual password in plain text!
Comments
bloid replied ago:
we seem to have this argument every 6 months or so...
jjw.myopenid.com replied ago:
As long as people still argue against salted hashes (or other secure mechanisms), we should continue to have the argument.
dragmire replied ago:
Definitely.
dragmire replied ago:
Yet another article that confuses hashing with encryption.
dansnetwork replied ago:
You have a point dragmire. I've revised the post to clear the confusion. I over-used "encryption" because I think more people understand that concept.
WebmasterNeal replied ago:
I personally like getting an email alerting me of my username and password. Often times I sign up for something and can't remember what I used for my username/password. I know it's "not safe" but it's nice to have.
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