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VANITY: Every Website I've Logged Onto Today Has Asked Me to Re-Enter My Password
Personal Observation | 2/14/2013 | Chad N. Freud

Posted on 02/14/2013 2:17:43 PM PST by Chad N. Freud

This is my first thread. I'm only posting it to see if any other FReeper had the same experience today, yesterday, or maybe tomorrow.

Today, all three of the websites I routinely log into that require a password (including FR) returned an error message, saying that I needed to re-enter the password because it was incorrect.

Now, one website I could put down to typing error. Two, maybe bad typing still. Three, seems suspicious to me. These are websites I log into every day. On all three I happened to mis-type the password in one day out of thousands? I'm suspicious.

Well, maybe it's possible, but if it happens to anyone else, keep it in mind. And let me know. Thanks.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: tinfoil
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And you know what? I WAS logged in!
1 posted on 02/14/2013 2:17:49 PM PST by Chad N. Freud
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Do you think there’s some kind of hidden sympbolism behind this?


2 posted on 02/14/2013 2:19:45 PM PST by steerpike100
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To: Chad N. Freud

Do you think there’s some kind of hidden symbolism behind this?


3 posted on 02/14/2013 2:20:08 PM PST by steerpike100
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Sometimes, a bunch of cookies expire together, logging you out of multiple websites. I have noticed this too occasionally.


4 posted on 02/14/2013 2:22:15 PM PST by MetaThought
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Maybe you have a key sticking so you think you are typing it right but something isn’t entering.


5 posted on 02/14/2013 2:23:12 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Chad N. Freud

Did you do the recent Microsoft updates recently?

I did yesterday.

My FR browser is IE based and some of the updates were for IE. I had to re-log in on my laptop today. I assume that is the reason.


6 posted on 02/14/2013 2:24:50 PM PST by TomGuy
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No, silly: I’m imagining an easy code someone could write, that, once on your computer, can get you to provide your password once again for them by mimicing that particular website’s error page.


7 posted on 02/14/2013 2:25:29 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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Website login status is usually stored in “cookie” files in the web browser temporary folder. Did you accidentally or purposefully delete your browser history (cookies included)? Cookies do expire too.


8 posted on 02/14/2013 2:27:44 PM PST by brandon24
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Did you clear your browser cache....that will usually remove cookies, and you will have to login the next time you visit any site.


9 posted on 02/14/2013 2:27:44 PM PST by dfwgator
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No, silly: I’m imagining an easy code someone could write, that, once on your computer, can get you to provide your password once again for them by mimicing that particular website’s error page.


10 posted on 02/14/2013 2:28:55 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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This loss of stored passwords can happen on a Windows machine if you clean the registry.


11 posted on 02/14/2013 2:30:59 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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Are you SURE that’s all you’re imagining...hmmmm?


12 posted on 02/14/2013 2:30:59 PM PST by steerpike100
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It’s W’s fault.


13 posted on 02/14/2013 2:31:17 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: Chad N. Freud

Do you have a “pay-for” firewall and virus/malware protection?


14 posted on 02/14/2013 2:31:59 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Chad N. Freud

Double post three minutes apart. Dude - yer ‘puter is haunted. Call Ghostbusters - stat.


15 posted on 02/14/2013 2:32:21 PM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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Did you watch Obama last night?


16 posted on 02/14/2013 2:32:46 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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Whoops - I double-posted because I didn’t see my reply to #3 appear right away. I wasn’t replying to the later suggestions.

No, I didn’t clear my cookies, but:

Yes, I did let Windows update itself yesterday; and maybe I do have a key sticking.

These are good suggestions. Thanks!


17 posted on 02/14/2013 2:33:05 PM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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Today, all three of the websites I routinely log into that require a password (including FR) returned an error message, saying that I needed to re-enter the password because it was incorrect.

Caps lock key?

But that would only explain the first site. So, it must be your typing.

Or did you mean only that you were required to log in unexpectedly? That would be explained by your having cleaned out your cookies or switched to a new browser and / or computer.

Also, some sites expire cookies after a while and require you to re-login. E.g., banks and brokerages will expire you after some minutes of inactivity. And Google requires you to re-login every couple of weeks.

18 posted on 02/14/2013 2:34:11 PM PST by cynwoody
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And calling another FReeper “silly” could be interpreted as accusing him of being gay. I’d watch it.


19 posted on 02/14/2013 2:34:27 PM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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I think you’ve lost your cookies.


20 posted on 02/14/2013 2:34:36 PM PST by toast
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