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I was not impressed by this. It would have been nice of LinkedIn to include a more specific reason for requiring a password reset other than "We have recently
by watty 16y ago
I was not impressed by this. It would have been nice of LinkedIn to include a more specific reason for requiring a password reset other than "We have recently disabled your account for security reasons.". I was in panic mode this morning thinking that someone had gotten into my LinkedIn account (and email) and triggered my account to be locked.
- brown9-2 16y agoI had a very similar reaction - "is this because my email address was in the gawker database or because someone used my password from the gawker database and did weird things with my account?"
- jedsmith 16y agoThe alternative is calling out Gawker. They probably shouldn't do that.
- look_lookatme 16y agoExactly.
- endtime 16y agoOr just "Please update your password. This is just a precautionary measure; we do not believe your account to have been compromised."
- tptacek 16y agoThey were under absolutely no obligation to do this. Anyone could predict that some subset of their users would get pissy about it. They did it anyways because it was the right thing to do. My esteem for LinkedIn just grew by leaps.
- watty 16y agoI wasn't pissy about them resetting my password, I was scared that my LinkedIn account and who knows what else had been compromised in relation to the Gawker incident. It was a good move by LinkedIn to force a password reset. It would have been a GREAT move if they had told me it was precautionary instead of me having to guess why my account was locked.
- tptacek 16y agoUnderstand that all parties involved here were under time pressure. They incurred a small amount of angst amongst their users, but may have averted a very large amount of pain. They made the right call; they acted fast rather than getting the messaging exactly right.
- sabat 16y agoI agree -- I applaud the password reset, but would urge them to be specific about the reason, and the fact that this was a bulk action. At first I thought it was just me, and that someone was targeting my account(s). Needless worry could be avoided just by LinkedIn explaining its reasoning. In contrast, here's the email I just got from Blizzard about my World of Warcraft (battle.net) account: Greetings! We’ve recently been informed that several Gawker Media websites have been compromised. These websites include Gawker, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Deadspin, and Fleshbot. To help minimize the effects of this compromise and help keep your Battle.net account safe and secure, we’ve reset your account password. To complete the password reset, please log into Battle.net Account Management (https://us.battle.net/account/management https://us.battle.net/account/management) and follow the provided instructions.
- ghurlman 16y agoI had the opposite reaction - I'd already changed my password, and had thought that someone had tried to get in.