Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1519arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1504arrow-down1imageThe inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beamslemmy.dbzer0.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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.