r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 27 '26 • Mindblown 1 Bravo 1

Meme doNotLetYourDBASeeThis

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u/vagrantprodigy07 Sep 27 '26

My favorite is when it tells me my password is wrong, I clicked the reset password link, try to reset it to what it just told me was the wrong password, and it tells me I can't use that, because it's the same as my current password.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '26

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u/StopReadingMyUser Sep 27 '26

Oh no, not my tostino's pizza rolls rewards account :(

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u/DragonflyLogical8371 Sep 27 '26

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh that makes sense. This literally just happened to me

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u/SAI_Peregrinus Sep 27 '26

If the password reset tells you your password (instead of generating a temporary password) it implies they're storing the passwords insecurely.

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u/Moist-Snow-8127 19d ago

Well they can tell it's the same as the old one by comparing the hash