Common Folk Collective » passwords http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Two Security Fails http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/03/two-security-fails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-security-fails http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2014/03/two-security-fails/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:14:06 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=5416 Today I encountered two security fails.
1) When chatting with Sprint customer support they need your account PIN to update your records. After the conversation is over they email your transcript with your PIN sent in the clear.
2) When signing up to pay a travel fee to gain entry to a South American country they confirm your signup by sending you your username and password in the clear.

Good job!

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Speaking of the weakness of passwords The Onion gives some solid advice on browser security.

This is pretty amazing, sounds from nearly every genre of music if you click on the arrow it will take you to a list of the artists with more sound samples.

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