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My insurance company sending me the payment slip by post with my username and password to the online account for easy access. How sweet of them. 10/10 customer satisfaction.

I see your "Storing passwords in plain text". I raise you to "sending passwords via post in plain text".

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  • 8
    Well, a hotel in France card payment system was down when i was leaving to fly home, they said they would send me an invoice via email. They sent a photo of my passport with all my details and a word doc to fill in and send back via email with my credit card details. What fucking areseholes.
  • 13
    But it's illegal to read mail, didn't you know that? So nobody does it. Of course this is safe.

    /s
  • 6
    Australian ISPs seem to think it's fine to hit "reset password" and bam a SMS with username and password is sent out.

    I'm not sure anymore, but I don't think that's how a reset works.
  • 0
    @helloworld Did you get away with not paying? I wouldn't have paid.

    @Root Ooh yes. I should just send them the money in an envelope too. 🤔
  • 3
    @Root Fun fact: In Germany faxes are secure by law with the same argumentation, while email isn't.
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  • 1
    @exceptionalGuy Unfortunately not, it was quite a hefty bill. I paid over the phone, not without risk but safer than email.
  • 0
    So go to the authorities who take care of GDPR things. This is something they can be fined for.
  • 1
    @CoffeeNcode Verizon in the US does the same thing. Not only that, but it's the last 4 of your social plus your last initial
  • 0
    @Codex404 that was my first thought too. But I don't think I want to be pulled into this crap. French administration is already a living nightmare.
  • 0
    @lukegv it was a password generated by the system when I first created the account which was communicated to me via email (plain text again). But no, it's not a one time password.
  • 0
    @exceptionalGuy it should be just one form online and they ask if they can contact you again.
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    @exceptionalGuy this is a whole new level 😂😂😂😂
  • -1
    Bad situation. In general, such personal data should always be well protected and the company has no right to do this! Personally I have a business and I usually buy commercial general liability insurance via https://generalliabilityinsure.com/ website and never had any problems. I think you should change your insurance company!
  • 0
    Yes, this is a common situation.
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