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I wonder if it's because they look at security more globally. Their actions probably keep lowering security for people who understand the risks and are willing
by thmsths 1y ago
I wonder if it's because they look at security more globally. Their actions probably keep lowering security for people who understand the risks and are willing to take the extra steps to protect themselves but on the other hand they probably drive up adoption of some extra security for most other folks. Or if you want to be less charitable: they were tired with dealing with support calls from a lot of tech illiterate people and decided to just sacrifice security.
- vladvasiliu 1y agoI'm sensible to these considerations. But I don't see how a JS applet where you need to click on a bunch of numbers in plain view of whoever is curious to look over your shoulder helps with this. People have to type in their customer number in a regular text field anyway, so why not use the same thing for the password?
- mejutoco 1y agoMy guess is one field (password) protected from keyloggers is more secure than no fields protected from keyloggers. Although I agree it is counterproductive to limit the number of characters so much.