Sending passwords in plain text by email
Really annoyed. I booked a hotel room last night. They asked me to create an account with a password which I did. To my horror they sent my account details by email with my password unencrypted in plain text! I do have a system so that I use a different password for each account, but if someone’s email was sniffed and the password taken, and they used the same password for all, then all their email, accounts, bank accounts and more could be computerised.
Perhaps i’m exaggerating, perhaps i’m not. Is sending password in plain text by email a huge security issue?
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