On 11 April 2014 18:19, Nick Sabalausky <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com > wrote:
> On 4/11/2014 3:56 AM, Matej Nanut wrote: > >> On 11 April 2014 09:49, Nick Sabalausky >> <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote: >> >>> On 4/11/2014 3:39 AM, Manu wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I just received this email, which told me what my password is! >>>> My password is stored as text? >>>> >>> >> To be fair, it does warn you about it before you subscribe to the >> list. Maybe it didn't always? >> >> > It might be buried in some wall of text somewhere. > > I'm tempted to argue "It needs to be more prominent", but frankly it > doesn't matter. The fact is, posting a big blinking sign that says > "Warning! I'll punch your grandparents, glue your dog to a tree, and then > rob you blind. Please enjoy doing business with me!" still doesn't make > dumb pointless policies any less idiotic. > Well I missed it apparently. I'm extremely shocked, and rather angry. This is my 'low security risk' password, but I do share my low-security password among a few sites (I presume this is common practise), and I'm quite unimpressed to find such a blatant disregard for my personal security and privacy from - of all things - a forum full of smart, talented, and experienced programmers! Now I have to change my password everywhere, and remember to remember a special one just for this one forum! >_< ... at least I know it'll remind me what it is if I forget!
