Forum redesign - PM

theluckofthedraw

Had a PM to change my password to something more secure due to forum redesign. How did anyone know my password anyway?

Anybody else had the same?:)

Tigsteroonie

Plenty of threads over on the Feedback board discussing this.

MSE Ian asks that people don't admit that they've received the PM, as this reveals that they had an insecure password. *shrug*

fire**fly

theluckofthedraw wrote: »

Had a PM to change my password to something more secure due to forum redesign. How did anyone know my password anyway?

Anybody else had the same?:)

ref here...

Site Feedback




Anyone else get a pm asking to change their MSE password? (12)

Dodgy looking PM dated 1970 regarding password changes.


Is this private message from MSE? (12)

WeAreGhosts

theres people saying they have secure passwords, like mixtures of upper & lower case with symbols and numbers and they still got this private message. doesnt make sense to me. im wondering how bad it would be if someone got my password. how would that benefit them?

c5ryl

do we have to change it? I would completely forget! lol

fire**fly

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Plenty of threads over on the Feedback board discussing this.

MSE Ian asks that people don't admit that they've received the PM, as this reveals that they had an insecure password. *shrug*

post here iih....

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=64304472&postcount=108

theluckofthedraw

Thanks all,

Thanks fire**fly for the link to the feedback discussion I've never been on it so didn't know to look there for the answer!:o

Always best to check these things IMO

Blulu

I think it was a mistake to move the thread about it and to close it. Or at least it would've helped to replace it with something more general about the pm. Seems that a number of us felt uneasy about this. Once it came up for discussion it would've been helpful to have something posted in applicable discussion boards to reassure peeps that it's legit.

Blu X