At 02:42 PM 22/02/2012, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
it sounds like you are saying the lockouts are due to week passwords...isn't that a user issue?
Obviously weak passwords are the issue and are the user's fault, if you are simply concerned with placing blame. (I did have a 16 character password user get locked out last week on Hotmail, however.
To my knowledge, Google implemented two-factor and https before Hotmail did, so that would put them ahead in trying to protect users from themselves.
I also think Hotmail gets attacked because most Hotmail users are seen as noobs and Gmail users are seen as more savvy.
In either case, it is a pretty big issue that neither appear to offer any sort of support on the issue.
T
