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Former_MSE_Andrea Posts: 9,614 Forumite
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Hi everyone

As eagle-eyed regular forum members have noticed already, we're asking you all to update your passwords. You should be doing this regularly for your own peace of mind.

Some hadn't been updated for some time and we want to make sure you change them regularly.

Thanks for your patience. Have a great weekend.

Andrea
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  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,316 Forumite
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    I thought 4028 days was a bit of a random number and wondered why it was chosen as the expiry date for my old password :rotfl:
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  • Lorian
    Lorian Posts: 5,706 Forumite
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    Andrea, Is there any reason to force this now - I trust there hasn't been any unauthorised access to user information, password hashes etc?
  • LizB62
    LizB62 Posts: 4,759 Forumite
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    I've been a member since 2006 and I've never had to change my password before so an enforced password change is definitely new (although not necessarily a bad thing)

    I can't remember the exact number of days it said but it was something like 3645 :-)
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  • alfiemurphy
    alfiemurphy Posts: 17 Forumite
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    I had to change mine today .
    Only had it for eleven days .
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I got that, bit confusing.... changed it and logged in, but it said I'd got it wrong, so did it again, manually - it then told me I'd got my password wrong and try again, but I thought "bugg4h you then, b4st4rds, I CBA with this nonsense".... but, as you can see, I was somehow logged in anyway.
  • Judi2
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    Oh Andrea its only a forum. Ive had mine 751 days and i dont want to change it.
  • ZenerDiode
    ZenerDiode Posts: 21 Forumite
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    Judi2 wrote: »
    Oh Andrea its only a forum. Ive had mine 751 days and i dont want to change it.

    Apparently you can "change" it to the same password - according to this post:
    Deleted_User wrote: »
    Mine too...just changed to the same one and logged in again.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 31,855 Forumite
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    So why are you making everyone change their passwords ? Is there something you are not telling us ? A general announcement would have been the sensible thing to do, this just looks suspicious.
  • Judi2
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    The password you have entered does not match your current one. Please press the back button, enter the correct details and try again. Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Click here!
    Oh i give up!
  • Lomcevak
    Lomcevak Posts: 1,023 Forumite
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    MSE_Andrea wrote: »
    Hi everyone

    As eagle-eyed regular forum members have noticed already, we're asking you all to update your passwords. You should be doing this regularly for your own peace of mind.

    Some hadn't been updated for some time and we want to make sure you change them regularly.

    Thanks for your patience. Have a great weekend.

    Andrea

    Dear Andrea, you're making people reset passwords with an insecure form :(
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