Comment on OP finds vulnerability where a forum sends you your password in plaintext over email and everyone misses the forest for the trees

oleorun@real.lemmy.fan ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • oleorun@real.lemmy.fan ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m delighted you get the reference!

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    • sekhat@lemmy.temporus.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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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      • NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  An issue if you’re reusing passwords. If not, every forgot my password email is also vulnerable.

  A combination of bad practices could be… bad.

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• lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s painless to use password resets

  Ya and have they send you the (one-time) password in plaintext

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  • exal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    (one-time)

    You make it sound like an irrelevant detail, but that’s kind of the key part. If implemented properly, it’s only valid once and for a short period of time, which greatly reduces risk.

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    • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure. I just want to point out that there is valid case when passwords are sent in clear text.

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  • oleorun@real.lemmy.fan ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In my experience it’s always a tokenized link, no clear text required.

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    • nous@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, the tokenized link is essentially a clear text one time password. Not really any better than just a one time password except for the convenience that the user does not need to type it in. If someone gets hold of the link or password before you they can get access to your account.

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    • lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t see how’s either way better or worse as long as they force you to change the password upon login

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    • fireflash38@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And what is the token in the link?

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• hascat@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Many years ago, I had forgotten my password to the Sprint websiteb so I could log in and pay my cellular bill. I had to call customer support to resolve this. After verifying my activity, the support agent read me my existing password one letter at a time. While this was alarming, I was amused she had to spell out a somewhat obscene phrase for me. This was maybe 20 years ago and I no longer use Sprint.

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  • JWBananas@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I no longer use Sprint

    I mean, nobody else does either.

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