By: Bryce Whitty
Laptop Battery It amazes me how many sites allow you to register, and then send you an e-mail to your registered address containing your password in plain-text. There is never a warning stating that the site will email the password you use, for all to see.
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Thinkpad Sending passwords by e-mail works when you forget a password. The site changes it and e-mails you the new one, which you then use to log in and change it to something else. The e-mailed password is not active for very long, and it isn't something you chose.
Enter your email address to retrieve your password. Password reminder Email address send If you have forgotten your password then enter the email address used when you originally registered and your new password reminder will be sent to that address. You can create a new account as jobseeker, as referrer or as recruiter.
Microsoft Sending you your own password, either in a welcome e-mail once you register, or as a response to a "forgot password" request is bad security. Really bad security.
Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Thank you. An email containing your password has been sent to your email address. Alert Password Required Alert You entered an invalid username or password. Forgot your password If you would like to checkout using this email address, please enter your password. Alert Please enter your email address.
Laptop Computers Compounding this is the fact that e-mail providers such as Google Gmail state in their privacy policy that "deleted" e-mail may be kept indefinitely on their backup servers. As soon as someone e-mails you your password in plain-text, to a Gmail account, Google are likely to have that archived forever.
Sync and organize your computers Does sending files to yourself via email sound familiar Instead of sending files from your office to your home or carrying USB thumb drives, date (e.g. your home computer, office computer, laptop). So, if you work on a document at the office, by the time you get home BeInSync has already synchronized it and you can keep on working on it on your home computer!
Laptop Computer You can't tell whether a site is going to do to this, so it isn't possible to use a "less sensitive" password for sites which will e-mail your password back to you. If you have groups of passwords; one for sites you use to pay for things, one for forums, one for other less important sites, for instance, then you may enter your "usual" password without realising it may be compromised by being sent in an e-mail, visible to anyone along the way that wants to read it.
2) I don't know my password anymore, what do I do We offer to send your password to the email address you are registered under. Goto the homepage of HomeForExchange.com, click on the link 'Forgot your password ' and enter your email address. Your password will be sent to you immediately. 3) 'Your email and password do not match.' Make sure you are using the correct email and password for your account. If in doubt, click the "Forgot your password " link and your password will be emailed to you immediately.
Desktop Computer Sites should seriously consider the security implications of sending passwords by e-mail, especially if there is no prior warning that this will happen!
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Lenovo Bryce Whitty owns and runs computer repair website called Technibble.com. A website that provides technical how-to's for repairing your computer. Technibble also has many guides for getting into the computer business or managing your existing one. We also cover other side topics such as Security and Software.
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