VANITY: Every Website I've Logged Onto Today Has Asked Me to Re-Enter My Password

Personal Observation | 2/14/2013 | Chad N. Freud

[bigbob]

no, but I saved a boatload of money on my hotel room last night

[Chad N. Freud]

“Did you clear your browser cache....that will usually remove cookies, and you will have to login the next time you visit any site.”

Very logical.

Please note, though, that I am not talking about having to enter my password once. I’m suspicious about having to enter it twice. Three websites said the first time didn’t take, or wasn’t entered correctly. OK. Maybe human error. But three times on one day. Three different websites. No other typos occurring: sernames, websites — everything else entering fine. Only passwords need to be re-entered.

I’ll live with it, since there’s nothing I can do about it. But it’s weird, to me.

I did not clean my registry, or delete a cache on purpose, unless the Windows update did that.

I like “W’s fault” as the most plausible answer.

But, gee, I seem to have attracted some harshness from steerpike100!

[Chad N. Freud]

“And calling another FReeper “silly” could be interpreted as accusing him of being gay.”

I fail to see the connection. Wouldn’t using the word “silly” make me look more gay than the person I was talking to? I will watch it, if it is explained to me.

[Chad N. Freud]

And I’ll stipulate:
If no one else has this same experience, forget the whole thing. Occam’s Razor will say it was just me.

[Cicero]

It’s possible that a number of cookies were deleted, or maybe even all of them, which would account for having to re-enter the passwords.

I delete my cookies from time to time—in fact about once a week—but I make an exception for websites that I use frequently and where I have entered passwords. Otherwise, you have to enter them all over again after each deletion. I clean out my cookies mainly to remove the ones from sites I just happened to visit once or twice. For instance, you get cookies from news sites if you visit them from FR to read the complete story, and that can add up to hundreds of cookies if you don’t clean them out from time to time.

[MMaschin]

This EXACT same thing has happened to me today.

I frequent 2 different car forums (I have a 72 Corvette, and a 65 Dodge Dart), and BOTH required that I log in. I haven't had to login to those forums in a VERY long time.

I also had to log into Facebook - I hadn't had to log into it for a long time also.

I just looked at my update history (Start -> All Programs -> Windows Update -> View update history) and there where 10 updates that went in last night at 3am (I leave my PC always on).

It's disconcerting, because typical behavior of a key mapping virus is to delete your cookies so that you are forced to log into your web accounts, such as banking. The virus can then map your user id's and passwords as you are forced to login.

Can you see if you had the same updates go in last night? The ones I had were:




Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - February 2013 (KB890830)

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2778344)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 7 SP1 x86 (KB2789645)

Update for Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB2767887)

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2799494)

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2790655)

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 (KB2792100)

Security Update for Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 (KB2797052)

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008 x86 (KB2789642)

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2790113)

[rlmorel]

"...I think you’ve lost your cookies..."

[Zuben Elgenubi]

RLOL!!!!

[OrangeHoof]

I fail to see the connection. Wouldn’t using the word “silly” make me look more gay than the person I was talking to? I will watch it, if it is explained to me.

The evolution of the word "gay" is a fascinating thing. A few centuries ago, it meant "silly". Then it meant "happy and carefree". Then it meant "homosexual". Today's young have changed it to mean "lame" or "weak".

So I don't know if calling someone "silly" is a gay attempt at sounding gay but if it is said by a gay person I suppose they wouldn't feel gay about the overtones of your choice of words.

[don-o]

That

[RavenLooneyToon]

Check your keyboard for sticking keys or if it’s wireless change the battery.

[John Galt's cousin]

29 responses and no one tried the old “freepmail me the details so I can have my Nigerian friends who are bankers, royalty and computer wizards fix it for you. They will need info for a normally secure site, like bank or investment account to do a proper test...”?

where has all the silliness gone? Obammy’s fault!

[John Galt's cousin]

29 responses and no one tried the old “freepmail me the details so I can have my Nigerian friends who are bankers, royalty and computer wizards fix it for you. They will need info for a normally secure site, like bank or investment account to do a proper test...”?

where has all the silliness gone? Obammy’s fault!

[1rudeboy]

If it happened today, it’s because Dorner. If it had happened earlier, because Sandy Hook.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"...I think you’ve lost your cookies..."

[Chad N. Freud]

I think 1rudeboy may be on the right wavelength.

“I don’t know if calling someone “silly” is a gay attempt at sounding gay but if it is said by a gay person I suppose they wouldn’t feel gay about the overtones of your choice of words” makes my head spin.

[Chad N. Freud]

Thank you.

[Chad N. Freud]

Well, silly FR folks (if that won’t be interpreted wrong), my vanity inquiry has fizzed. If any of you find yourself having to enter a password twice — twice, not once — on a site which you visit every day, and presumably know the correct password to, please remember that the same thing happened to me. If not, please disregard.

[CedarDave]

Can you see if you had the same updates go in last night? The ones I had were:

Mine were all XP-related updates. Rebooted after installing and did not have any issues.

But I use only FireFox and had to log in to everything last fall. Tried everything to avoid re-entering passwords, even here on FR. Finally I started a new profile that didn't have that problem when I came across the very simple solution.

Firefox: Tools>>Options>>Privacy>>History
Check: "Accept cookies from sites"
On the line with "Keep until:," Select in menu: "they expire"

I had selected the menu "I close FireFox" which deleted them. No further problems after that.

[Chad N. Freud]

Thanks. A real response. I don’t use FireFox, but I am becoming interested in it after reading so many threads on how it does not fall victim to these kinds of things.

I haven’t had the same problem since I rebooted, either, but I’m using Windows. Beginning to wish I had FireFox.