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

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abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Sending passwords via email Will compromise any passwords sent via email.

From the sounds of it, this was a password that the server randomly generated, so it’s never been used before, and you are forced to reset the password as soon as you use it, so it’ll never be used again.

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