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Secret Panel 💦

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4 Panel Comic

Panel 1: A doctor lifts up a healthy baby in front of a tired mom

Doctor: Welcome to the world, little guy!

Panel 2: The doctor holds the child up in front of a tablet

Doctor: You need to create a life account

Panel 3: The baby is frustrated as the tablet rejects the input

Tablet: Sorry, that username is taken

Panel 4: The baby facepalms as the tablet needs even more info to create the account

Tablet: You need to make an email account for Two-Factor Authentication

Secret Panel: The baby sweats as the tablet continues

Tablet: Enjoy your 30 day trial of life. After-which, there is a monthly charge.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    Yeah, it’s not an issue until it’s an issue. I have no idea what company is doing this, but I wouldn’t trust them with a credit card, PII, or almost anything else. I wouldn’t put it past them to be storing the password, and anything else, in plaintext.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        No fucking way! That’s insane. I’d create a ticket through support if I were you. That is absolutely unacceptable.

        • withabeard@feddit.uk
          2·
          4 days ago

          I guarantee you the person that was tasked with building the system knew this was unacceptable and was told to get on with it by laters of middle management.