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@Adam Rosenfield:
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that right away when reading this post.
Sure, they used a crappy *hash* that's been known weak since the 90s, but they still called crypt(), and didn't just store the passwords in the clear. This is the one huge failing that I can see.
Commented Dec 14, 2010 on The Dirty Truth About Web Passwords at Coding Horror
The Dirty Truth About Web Passwords
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Your solution (require login) seems to do the trick. Another very "analog" method that I use is to save my comment in the clipboard while I log in to such things. Seems like if the login was "ajaxy" you could just store the comment without passing it around though.
Commented Mar 2, 2010 on Crazily common on TypePad blogs: Type comment. See I'm not logged in. Log in (OpenID). Comment is lost. Close window. at davebug tweets
Crazily common on TypePad blogs: Type comment. See I'm not logged in. Log in (OpenID). Comment is lost. Close window.
This is maddening. It seems like TypePad should be able to store my comment while they send me away to log in at myopenid, but instead, when I come back, I'm presented with a blank comment form. 90% of the time, I decide it's not worth the effort of recomposing my thoughts. I suppose that might ...
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