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Joined: 8/25/2008

Msg: 25 (view)

Constant Emails From POF With Password In It... Posted: 7/5/2009 9:34:48 AM
"I would say the owner of this site has a pretty good idea at what he is doing, so therefore there must be a reason why it is done like this." Man, this guys a friggin genius. So, let me get this straight... because a company decides "this is how we want to do something, so this is how we're going to do it... screw what the people want" and it involves other peoples personal information it's ok for them to do it? Personal security or information be damned! Nice mentality. Join the rest of the sheep.

Joined: 8/25/2008

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Site Security Posted: 7/4/2009 10:32:15 AM
I'm not suggesting not having a "forgot my password" option. That's normal. The email they send out is just a general email going out to every POF user, none of which likely asked for their password. What other website sends your password out once a week regardless of whether you need it or not? None that I know of.

Joined: 8/25/2008

Msg: 19 (view)

Site Security Posted: 7/4/2009 9:59:50 AM
"but these things take time & resources" I'm asking one simple change, stop sending my password in emails to me when I didn't request it. In coding terms, that's a less than 1 minute fix. I'm sure they have a script that sends out the email with a [PASSWORD] variable. Remove that. Done.

Joined: 8/25/2008

Msg: 17 (view)

Site Security Posted: 7/4/2009 9:44:43 AM
Once again we have a limited mind making comments along the lines of "that's the way it is, live with it." Way to innovate. Yes, I realize this is a free site and my expectations are appropriately low. That doesn't mean common sense shouldn't prevail.

Joined: 8/25/2008

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Passwords in Email Posted: 7/4/2009 9:26:22 AM
"Then you would have seen this topic has been done to death." Wow, there's another great argument... it's been done to death. Hmm, so the fact that it's been done to death means its not a problem that should be fixed. It's been done to death, so we should just sit back and not voice our concern. Way to have an innovative mind there... I'm sure that type of mentality is what fuels progress. "Ehhh, its already be talked about, guess we can't do anything about it. I'll just sit back and do nothing" Genius. Actually, the fact that it has been done to death clearly means it SHOULD be fixed and people SHOULD keep complaining. "So now that you know it is not going to change and no one is forcing you to put up with it" Just like nobody is forcing you to read or respond to the thread. If you don't like the topic or whats being said, move on to the next thread.

Joined: 8/25/2008

Msg: 11 (view)

Passwords in Email Posted: 7/4/2009 9:02:00 AM
I don't understand why some of you people are rationalizing an idiotic policy. So far we have: "Although you did not request it you agreed to it when you signed up for POF." Which was just wrong and stupid. and now, "You are not on a site that requires high security." Which is just stupid. A password is a password... if you don't think this site requires high security, I guess you wouldn't mind posting your password for all to see so we can check out who you've been emailing, what you've been saying to other people.

Joined: 8/25/2008

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Constant Emails From POF With Password In It... Posted: 7/3/2009 9:51:32 PM
"Although you did not request it you agreed to it when you signed up for POF. Now what is moronic is spouting off without doing a thread search 1st." I did agree to getting the emails, but can you point to me where in the FAQ does it say "you're going to get these emails AND we're going to do something really smart by including your password in every email even though you don't need it and didn't ask for it." So no, I was not agreeing to having my password sent to me every email. It's clearly a bad policy to send out passwords unprompted like this, but then, maybe you have trouble remembering your password.

Joined: 8/25/2008

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Constant Emails From POF With Password In It... Posted: 7/3/2009 1:43:10 PM
I don't want the email notifications to stop, I want them to stop putting my password in the email. I think its pretty logical that you shouldn't be sending out people's passwords unless people requested them.

Joined: 8/25/2008

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Constant Emails From POF With Password In It... Posted: 7/3/2009 10:13:51 AM
Obviously I meant "their password" in it... hopefully all users aren't getting MY password.

Joined: 8/25/2008

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Constant Emails From POF With Password In It... Posted: 7/3/2009 10:12:19 AM
What genius at POF decided that users should get a weekly email of "new matches" that also includes my password in it? I didn't request my password so it seems pretty moronic to send out unsecured emails with passwords when it wasn't even requested. Not only that... you can't stop the emails: "Unfortunately you cannot stop the latest matches emails usually sent out on Mondays" I've emailed support over and over about this and never hear back. Lets be a little smarter POF admins... and respond to your emails.

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