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OP finds vulnerability where a forum sends you your password in plaintext over email and everyone misses the forest for the trees (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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This thread is frustrating. Everyone seems more interested in nitpicking the specifics of what OP is saying and are ignoring that a forum sends you your password (not an automatically generated one) in an email on registration.

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[–] 88 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Why did you put a bunch of asterisks at the bottom of your post?

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm delighted you get the reference!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd be more worried if someone who uses the internet to such a degree that they use Lemmy over Reddit, on a programming forum, didn't get the reference. This is famous hacker lore at this point.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can you be worried for me, and fill me in?

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