Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-226 days agoThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: memes@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1506arrow-down1imageThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-226 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: memes@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·26 days 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-up3·26 days 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-up2·26 days 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-up3·26 days 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.