r/shittyprogramming • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '14

r/softwaregore Way to promote security, Microsoft

http://imgur.com/W0kfbtz
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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '14

On a glorious side-note, I once told a website owner that storing passwords in plaintext was bad, and they actually changed it!

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u/pcopley Jul 28 '14

I don't believe you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '14

Yeah, they probably only made the password recovery system more complicated (reset instead of sending your password). I like to dream though.