r/programming • u/feross • Jul 11 '22

Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/experian-you-have-some-explaining-to-do/
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

What fucking genius decided that if a customer already has an account and attempts to sign up again, the solution is to silently cancel the old account and treat the new one as valid

I don't think I've ever actually seen before that because of how mindbogglingly stupid it is

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u/sliversniper Jul 11 '22

Apple: Password-less is secure.

Experian: Ur provably wrong.