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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 1 year ago by JackbyDev@programming.dev 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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[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 90 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Just wow, yeah. Nothing should ever send you a password in cleartext - once that's been done, a MITM attack's success rate just went to 100%.

It's painless to use password resets if the person forgot the password. Never, ever should a password be in cleartext.

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

It’s painless to use password resets

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

[–] exal@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(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.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 2 points 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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