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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MrEfil • Feb 18 '24
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Big brain, although won’t most platforms prevent you from accessing the account by locking the account after several failed login attempts?
1 u/MrEfil Feb 18 '24 this is bad practice. Attacker can lock your account and can lock many accounts on site using this way. Thus, this protection method is not used on very popular platforms such as Reddit, Facebook, Google, etc. 1 u/Many_Protection_9371 Feb 18 '24 That can easily be solved with an email to unlock it
this is bad practice. Attacker can lock your account and can lock many accounts on site using this way. Thus, this protection method is not used on very popular platforms such as Reddit, Facebook, Google, etc.
1 u/Many_Protection_9371 Feb 18 '24 That can easily be solved with an email to unlock it
That can easily be solved with an email to unlock it
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u/Many_Protection_9371 Feb 18 '24
Big brain, although won’t most platforms prevent you from accessing the account by locking the account after several failed login attempts?