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Wouldn't be the first time ethics conflicted with making money. There's often some compromise to be made and everybody handles it differently, but that is reall
by fooandbarify 16y ago
Wouldn't be the first time ethics conflicted with making money. There's often some compromise to be made and everybody handles it differently, but that is really no excuse for storing passwords in plain text - implementing a password reset is trivial and users understand the process well.
- limmeau 16y agoThe "You haven't been on our site for a week and we're already pretending to miss you personally" mail could even contain a password reset link.
- rlivsey 16y agoIt doesn't even need to be a reset link, it could be a link with a unique ID which logs you into the site directly. I'd have thought that would be even more convenient than telling the user their password, as all they have to do is click a link and they're good to go.