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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by codetrotter on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:13AM (#36826906)
That’s all fun and nice until someone decides to antagonise you and they intentionally make three failed login attempts for your username into the website every n hours, keeping you unable to sign into your account.
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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by upofadown on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:19AM (#36826974)
I think that most people can come up with more effective ways to annoy someone.
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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by hollerith on Saturday July 22, 2023 @11:22AM (#36826999)
They do this to the accounts you use to communicate simultaneous with an attack on your reputation, i.e., when being able to to communicate suddenly becomes critical (for defending yourself against the allegations).
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Re:Why even let users set their own passwords? by upofadown on Monday July 24, 2023 @11:13AM (#36849319)
An interesting attack I have never heard of up to now. Do you have a reference?
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