[security flaw] Ubuntu is a plain text offender

[Kent Borg]

Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
> Yes, *YOU* don't reuse passwords, and neither do I. But that is 
> entirely beside the point.

Well, yes, and I agreed that e-mailing one's existing password is a bad 
idea. No dispute.

But a *different* point is:

Don't reuse passwords.

So radical that I bet most Ubuntu users have never even heard it. It 
should be mentioned occasionally...


-kb, the Kent who mentioned it.