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PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2023 9:44 pm    Post subject: clear text password on registration to the forums Reply with quote

Hi

I registered to the forum and received an email for confirmation. Besides the link that I have to click for the confirmation, I was amazed to see in the email my username and the password. I had to change the password immediately
Please check this issue. I will be grateful to know if this bug is corrected.
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PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2023 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a known issue, it won't be corrected in foreseeable future.
BTW, anyone with access to your mailbox can reset your password, so changing it immediately doesn't make a huge difference. It is admittedly a bad design, yet it doesn't seem like anyone had a much better idea so far, so we kinda live with it - and it's not limited to FGO.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Searching the first two pages of the feedback forum, I found the following threads discussing this:
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved from Networking & Security to Gentoo Forums Feedback.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 4:54 pm    Post subject: Re: clear text password on registration to the forums Reply with quote

Ana-Q wrote:
I had to change the password immediately
That is the general recommendation.

As the upgrade is delayed without a set time, I wonder if some text could be changed during the signup process. This would inform users about the issue, which would hopefully be less alarming. Users would also be able to use a throwaway password rather than one they would prefer to keep.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:30 pm    Post subject: Re: clear text password on registration to the forums Reply with quote

pjp wrote:
Ana-Q wrote:
I had to change the password immediately
That is the general recommendation.

As the upgrade is delayed without a set time, I wonder if some text could be changed during the signup process. This would inform users about the issue, which would hopefully be less alarming. Users would also be able to use a throwaway password rather than one they would prefer to keep.

That just might be a change we might dare to make... yeah.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chiitoo,

In all the languages the forum supports?
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any that could be added would be an improvement.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NeddySeagoon wrote:
Chiitoo,

In all the languages the forum supports?

We can at least try that... too. :]
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