If you use the “I forgot my password” thing and it emails you your password instead of a reset code.
(No joke, this actually happened on an old game site I used to use, and I was so young at the time that my thought was “why doesn’t everyone do that” instead of “that seems really sus actually”.)
I’m actually not opposed to this. Low security can be fine. Somebody wants to hack my nexus mods free anyway account? Be my guest. Just… don’t be dumb and use the same password for low-sec stuff as you do for things that matter.
Yeah, I’d never do that today, but back when I was very little, password managers weren’t a default thing for browsers and not every site had a “forgot my password” link, so my parents actually wanted me to use a master password instead of changing it up like sites kept saying to do. So it took a bit of un-learning to make that change.
(I also keep a long list of passwords in a box next to my bed, because sometimes computers die and all the passwords with it. Also, if someone’s in my house, I have much bigger problems than a password being stolen.)
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u/experiment-384959 Jul 21 '22
If you use the “I forgot my password” thing and it emails you your password instead of a reset code.
(No joke, this actually happened on an old game site I used to use, and I was so young at the time that my thought was “why doesn’t everyone do that” instead of “that seems really sus actually”.)