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		KomoD on July 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You can deactivate anyone's WhatsApp account by si... Another very annoying one is when doing forgot password changes the password and emails you a copy, so some funny guy can just go and keep doing forgot password and it force changes your password.

igitur on July 17, 2023 [–]

I know a site that does this, except they run their own SMTP server that sometimes blocks up, so the emails never arrive.

gmargari on July 17, 2023 | | [–]

This was not meant to be used that way: https://www.troyhunt.com/building-password-purgatory-with-cl...

smrtinsert on July 17, 2023 | | [–]

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