Ask HN: Websites emailing passwords in plain text – anything to do?

6 points by maximente 5y ago ↗ HN

per title, i've had two websites this week send forgotten passwords in plain text over email which would imply it's stored as plain text.

is there anything positive one can do here?

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rgbrgb 5y ago ↗

I'd avoid those sites and ensure passwords are unique (using something like 1Password). If you want, you could also send the maintainers a few links on best practice.

LinuxBender 5y ago ↗

Ask them to fix their site. Give them a few months. Get them on the PlainTextOffenders list if they won't fix their site. [1]

[1] - https://github.com/plaintextoffenders/plaintextoffenders

softwaredoug 5y ago ↗

Send to plain text offenders:

https://plaintextoffenders.com/about/

blackcats 5y ago ↗

Reset password. Hope they don’t mail the password again