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OP finds vulnerability where a forum sends you your password in plaintext over email and everyone misses the forest for the trees (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by JackbyDev@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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This thread is frustrating. Everyone seems more interested in nitpicking the specifics of what OP is saying and are ignoring that a forum sends you your password (not an automatically generated one) in an email on registration.

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[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Larian stated on their forum they fixed this behavior and shifted to https 3 years ago. When this was linked several times in thread, people asked OP when this screenshot occured, and OP ignored the questions. Pretty clear that this is a very old screenshot of what is now a non issue.

What's to discuss besides OP trying to stir up drama about issues that were resolved years ago?

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I think the OP of that post would have had a better reception if they had:

  • Responsibly disclosed what they found, rather than using it to stir up drama on social media.
  • Mentioned that it's just a web forum account, not connected to game accounts or anything else of value.
  • Targeted the software vendor (https://www.ubbcentral.com/) instead of picking on one particular customer who used that software.
  • Refrained from spreading misconceptions and unfounded assumptions about how the technology works.
  • Responded to the reasonable follow-up questions, such as those that came when readers discovered that the problem was reported fixed three years ago.

People in that thread responded with skepticism and criticism to an irresponsible, misdirected, misleading, alarmist mess of a post. That's hardly surprising.

[–] BlueBockser@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Everyone seems more interested in nitpicking

Actually, not everyone in that thread is nitpicking. There's one comment that's just a helpful hint.

But yes, nitpicking is fun. I'll see myself out.