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I forgot my password for a credit union back in the day (before I started using a password manager as we all have so many online accounts now). I clicked the "Forgot password?" button... and they sent my original damn password back to me, in email. There are just so many things wrong with that. I complained, actually talked to their "technical people" and explained the awfulness of it, then moved all my money out of that credit union. They did change how it reset later, as another member had told me, but I bet they still stored the plain text password. I was seriously angry with their awful security.


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