Re:Criminals can guess Visa number and security code in six ...
by curun1r on Sunday December 04, 2016 @10:38PM
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I've had the same argument many times over error messages for login and forgot password flows. Being security conscious is a way of thinking that many people aren't really capable of and an even greater number have problem maintaining consistently. It's so ingrained in product managers to make their software as friendly as possible that they forget that sometimes their users don't have similarly noble intentions. This is also why social engineering is so successful. When it's your job to be helpful, it's very difficult to be strategically unhelpful when necessary.
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Re:Criminals can guess Visa number and security code in six ...
by pavlik_enemy on Monday December 05, 2016 @09:38AM
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If you have a sign-up page, the usual "invalid email or password" message on sign-in form doesn't increase security.