Re:Feds tell web firms to turn over user passwords
by nwh on Friday July 26, 2013 @04:06AM
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> How hard can it be? It can already log in by itself, now it just needs to know the page where you can change your password.
The main issue is; scraping is hard and breaks at the drop of a hat. Sure you could script hourly password changes if you wanted to, but as soon as the host service modifies their forms a little, the whole system breaks and you could possibly be locked out of your account.
The main issue is; scraping is hard and breaks at the drop of a hat. Sure you could script hourly password changes if you wanted to, but as soon as the host service modifies their forms a little, the whole system breaks and you could possibly be locked out of your account.