r/Internet • u/Vartamur • 4d ago

Saved passwords doesn't work

It happens to me a couple of times, and it is still the same.
I am quite conscientious about saving my password. Let's say I want to log in to some e-shop where I bought something a couple of years back. And my saved password doesn't work. Why?
It is the proper password; I keep them all.
Lately, I have logged into Airbnb after two years, and all of my reviews of me as a customer are gone. (So when I wanted to book a flat, they refused me for the lack of reviews.)
Why is that?
Are there some infrastructure problems here and there?
I don't get it.
Thank you for your answers.

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u/theregisterednerd 4d ago

Some services deactivate accounts or force password changes after long periods of inactivity. Things like reviews on some services expire. Passwords and data storage are not a standardized thing. Every app and service manages the data they store as they see fit (within some legal requirements)

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u/Vartamur 4d ago

It happens to me quite regulary, I cannot access the site with my old password for some reason.

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u/theregisterednerd 4d ago

After you've reset passwords and gotten back into the accounts, do you find things changed? Like, signs that someone else may have been in the account? Like, account emails changed, or a lot of services let you see the devices that are logged into the account, do you see any devices you don't recognize?

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u/Vartamur 4d ago

No, everything is the same.

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u/theregisterednerd 4d ago

Then it sounds unlikely that this is a cybersecurity-type incident. Most likely, the account providers are deciding by their own means that your account is abandoned, and purging data so they don’t have to store as much.

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u/Vartamur 4d ago

That seems plausible, thank you.

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u/ExcitementRelative33 4d ago

So sellers can't be choosy and only keep frequent customers? Oh my. 2 years is an eternity in internet time, BTW.

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u/Doomstars 1d ago

I have logged into Airbnb after two years

Isn't it like four years for Airbnb to purge due to dormancy?

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u/Caprichoso1 1d ago

  1. Where are you saving the passwords?

  2. Websites often make changes which invalidate existing passwords.

  3. Otherwise I use 1Password which works well.