""Would you like to know what your old password was?" This actually happened to me from a F500 company..."

submitted by Parad0x13

@DeveloperMemes
And as usual, I have to insist, that this feature ruined more lives then it improved.

LET ME USE 1234 as my password god damnit.
And let me re-use it. If your site is pointless, requiring strong password is just stupid.

@LukeAlmighty

I had an account somewhere (an employer, I will not name it) that wouldn't allow passwords that were too similar to the old one. That tells me it was definitely NOT a hash.

@DeveloperMemes

@leyonhjelm @DeveloperMemes
Don't worry. it still could be perfectly safe, if they have it encrypted using the Cezar cipher...