I mean keeping in the database the attempted pairs of username/password that failed, and the user that attempted them.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote: > That depends on what you mean by "retain". > > Personally, I *hate* websites that force me to type in my password again > because some other field failed validation. For bonus annoyance points > they test the captcha as well. > On 14 Jan 2013 21:20, "Markos Fragkakis" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Speaking of strange client requirements, one requirement they came up >> with today is to retain attempted username/passwords that failed. >> >> Does anyone know if this is even legal? It seems reasonable to me that >> this might be illegal, as these credentials could be valid for other >> services the user uses. However, I could not find any EU legislation >> forbids this (I am based in Europe). >> >> I realize that the legality or not of this may is probably relative to >> the country, so to make it more specific, does anyone know if it is >> (il)legal in Europe of the US? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/W24TkW17ESQJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
