Re^5: Status of Recent User Information Leak

I'm not apologizing. The outrage is what is tiring and counter-productive. I'm sorry you feel a free website owes you bank level security. Like a building with high level of security, but once inside "personal records" are only secured by padlock. Did it promise you security from breaking/entering? No. They're not protecting your money, only one single word, your password. Ok, 3 words if you put in your real name. Be outraged at yourselves for

put in personal information into random website
reuse passwords
confuse random website with a bank or shopping site

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Re^6: Status of Recent User Information Leak by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 01, 2009 at 16:22 UTC
I mostly agree I'm just pointing out that apologists do not apologize.	[reply]
Re^7: Status of Recent User Information Leak by Anonymous Monk on Aug 02, 2009 at 04:25 UTC
So I am an apologist? Learn something new every day :) Thanks mother	[reply]
Re^6: Status of Recent User Information Leak by Jeppe (Monk) on Dec 14, 2009 at 06:57 UTC
Hell no. This is a developer resource, by and for developers. The fact that they stored plaintext passwords, which has been a worst practice since the invention of the hashing algorithm is in one word: Outrageous. This stuff is so basic, so incredibly basic, that there is no excuse. If you can't even bother hashing your passwords, you should be banned from posting code on the internet altogether.	[reply]