I signed in, sorry tried to sign into my yahoo email address but it wants me to add security questions in case I forget my password. As if, its written several times on post-its on my screen, etc. OK, so you play their silly games,and select a question. One of which is the first motorbike you drove. Well thats easy, a BSA. However the reply is it has to be over 4 characters. Are these clowns not aware of makes such as BSA, or AJS ?. I shure as hell ain't going to type in Birmingham Small Arms, if I ever forget my password.
I think programmers sometimes take the easy route, and use the preprogrammed system, that says, an answer must be at least 5 characters to avoid simple, going through all possible combinations. Have you ever got fed up of the blasted "type in your password", that responds by displaying ***** so you can't see what has gone in. Now in a crowded office where everyone is looking over your shoulder, OK, but 95% of times must be in locations like at home, where there is little or no chance of being overseen. So why can't they put up what I actually am typing ? . This means if I make a mistake, I will see it and can correct it. Just think if you mistype the password 3 times when switching on your phone, it will lock up the SIM, and necessitate a phone call to those nice foreign people to convince them that you actually are who you are.
We have gone too far with this computerised control, we need to go back several steps and rethink.
Ken
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Topic: Time to shoot the programmers.................. (Read 776 times)