Never have this problem anymore with a password keeper. All new passwords are unique.
What REALLY pisses me off is when:
- register for account
- cannot register, account already exists
- password reset
- account not found
I absolutely do. It’s not that the password was wrong. It’s that they wanted to invalidate all existing passwords and make you change it.
The easiest way to do that is for them to force everyone through the “forgot password” workflow. Zero or minimal code changes. They don’t want to make a new, but very similar , “we had a security breach and are requiring you to change your password” workflow. They just don’t care that they’re blaming you for their problem.
Here’s my recent favorite:
- Try to log into site
- Tells me my password is wrong… uhh okay
- Try to reset password by auto-filling a new one from my password manager
- New password set successfully! Yay!
- Try to login again… fail. Wrong password… fucking what…?
- Realize that their password field was clipping the password length off at some max length not fucking mentioned anywhere, so I have no clue what the actual password is without trial-and-erroring, which then results in an account lockout again
I’m a programmer and this kind of blatant stupidity from massive companies pisses me off to no end. MAKE YOUR PASSWORD REQUIREMENTS CLEAR. MAKE YOUR UX CLEAR.
