Timeline for Is it good idea to send user password upon register?
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| May 9, 2014 at 22:38 | comment | added | Ian | @PhilPerry, 99% of websites that I use will email a password reset link to me. My bank is in the 1%! | |
| May 9, 2014 at 16:04 | comment | added | Phil Perry | True, you can make no assumptions about the security of an ID/password system. Hopefully they're not so stupid as to store passwords in plain text, but you never know. And it's a bad idea to reuse passwords, as getting hold of one could let a bad guy into multiple accounts of yours. Emailing a permanent password to you is still subject to theft, even though the damage will be limited to one account (say, your bank account!). | |
| May 7, 2014 at 19:44 | history | answered | Ian | CC BY-SA 3.0 |