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Good or bad practice to send a user password in an email?

1 pointsfoobert13y ago3 comments

Toms.com just sent my original password in an email after signing up. This just seems a bit old-fashioned. Does this probably mean that their password security is sub-standard?

3 comments

kashif_hn13y ago

Certainly

snihalani13y ago

Yes.

pmtarantino13y ago

Yes

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