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Secret Panel 💦

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4 Panel Comic
Panel 1: A doctor lifts up a healthy baby in front of a tired mom
Doctor: Welcome to the world, little guy!
Panel 2: The doctor holds the child up in front of a tablet
Doctor: You need to create a life account
Panel 3: The baby is frustrated as the tablet rejects the input
Tablet: Sorry, that username is taken
Panel 4: The baby facepalms as the tablet needs even more info to create the account
Tablet: You need to make an email account for Two-Factor Authentication
Secret Panel: The baby sweats as the tablet continues
Tablet: Enjoy your 30 day trial of life. After-which, there is a monthly charge.


You’re correct, but unless they are directly targeted normally the attempts made are all from scans and those scans do not know this information so it shouldn’t matter that much.
Yeah, it’s not an issue until it’s an issue. I have no idea what company is doing this, but I wouldn’t trust them with a credit card, PII, or almost anything else. I wouldn’t put it past them to be storing the password, and anything else, in plaintext.
It’s a bank 😭
No fucking way! That’s insane. I’d create a ticket through support if I were you. That is absolutely unacceptable.
I guarantee you the person that was tasked with building the system knew this was unacceptable and was told to get on with it by laters of middle management.