Can't use same password; Horrible User Experience

Click here if this is your business
MSN Hotmail, www.hotmail.com
★★☆☆☆
2.5
48.0% of users recommend this
  • Ease of Use

  • Spam Protection

Click here if this is your business

gilamonster14's review of MSN Hotmail, www.hotmail.com

“Can't use same password; Horrible User Experience”

★☆☆☆☆

written by gilamonster14 on 21/08/2013

First off, I understand security and am an IT Professional. With that said, the fact that I am required to create a new password anytime I reset it, is ridiculous. Strong Passwords should be and are required, but the fact that I can't use even two or 3 different passwords (I've used before) is stupid! This stupidity is magnified when I already have to use a CAPTCHA to reset it. YAHOO has seemed to follow suit with this hyper-security sensitivity to the point of madness. With all of the applications out there that require passwords and most of them going to this model, the developers and security gurus, have basically hi-jacked what they are trying to protect. I now have to write my passwords down or put them as a text file on my computer. So I ask you, which is worse a bunch of passwords written down, where anyone can walk by my desk and pick up them up, or someone steals a computer (not secure) and grabs the .doc (.txt) file, named passwords, and logs in.

  • Free

    Service

If you are commenting on behalf of the company that has been reviewed, please consider upgrading to Official Business Response for higher impact replies.
Was this review helpful? 0 0