Security morons
2004-04-04 02:26:37.186966+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
So I'm going to the umpteenth for some stuff we're going to be selling on EBay, and part of that is going through the identity validation which gets a credit report on you and then asks all sorts of nosy stuff that you may or may not remember. So I'm trying to recover stuff about a Discover™ Card account I haven't used in ages, so I go and see if I can log in, and I discover that:
We're Sorry.
Your password can be 5-10 letters, numbers, or a combination of letters and numbers, with no spaces or special characters.
Please use your browser's "Back" button to return to the previous page and re-enter your password information.
Sigh. I've got an idea, why don't we just put my account information on a flashing billboard over the I80 morning commute?