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Re: New feature: Article rating
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:16:57 GMT
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cjc@#ihatespam#newsguy.com
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:54:30 GMT, Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com>
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> In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:
> > Yeah, I don't think I've ever "signed in" simply because I can't
> > bother to keep up with another password I didn't pick. Once I hear I
> > can login ONCE with this password I refuse to put any effort into
> > holding onto or remembering and change it to something I can remember
> > without effort, I'll do it. Until then, having a password without the
> > ability to change it isn't of much value to me.
>
> You can sign in once with your password and stay permanently signed in.
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> (Simply use the middle radio button at the Sign-In page.)
So what do I do when I login at a publicly accessible machine in a
lab? What does anyone in a college environment do? People who are
lucky enough to have a spouse who reads (and has a membership) at
LUGNET but uses the same computer?
To be so concerned about password security as you seem to be (2,050
times easier to brute-force?) having the permanently signed in option
as a solution to not being able to create our own passwords seems a
little silly.
I don't have my computer save my Yahoo! username and password - why
would I do it for LUGNET?
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) And how secure is that? I'm sensing that you're dug into this position and are now in Defensive Mode. Whatever. Fact is, I use a lot of different machines, not all under my control, sometimes at a different client each week. Cookies in that (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: New feature: Article rating
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| (...) Use either the top radio button and close the browser when you're done, or use the bottom radio button and set a timeout like 1 hour in case you forget to sign out manually. (...) Leave yourself signed in, or sign out manually when you're (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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