Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1509arrow-down1imageThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square52linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoYour password can not be the same as any of the last 3 passwords. It isn’t infuriating, it is common cybersecurity.
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBut that’s not the message you get. I’ve seen that message (or last 5, or whatever), but this one sounds like it can’t be the same as your immediate previous password.
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeahtthis is a classic case of good security policy and back end code, but poor front end design. If the user is confused or angry but the engineers know what’s going on just fine, it’s bad design.
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago5 different websites telling me this doesn’t seem like good cybersecurity either.
Your password can not be the same as any of the last 3 passwords.
It isn’t infuriating, it is common cybersecurity.
But that’s not the message you get. I’ve seen that message (or last 5, or whatever), but this one sounds like it can’t be the same as your immediate previous password.
Yeahtthis is a classic case of good security policy and back end code, but poor front end design.
If the user is confused or angry but the engineers know what’s going on just fine, it’s bad design.
5 different websites telling me this doesn’t seem like good cybersecurity either.