Affiliate Programs: Stop Sending Passwords in Email

**shermo** · 11-02-2009, 02:22 PM

I personally prefer it in the welcome email, but nothing after that.

**TheDA** · 11-02-2009, 02:23 PM

They've been doing it for years. Never quite understood the mentality of it

**After Shock Media** · 11-02-2009, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by sherm

I personally prefer it in the welcome email, but nothing after that.

I agree here.

**woj** · 11-02-2009, 02:56 PM

nothing wrong with receiving it in the welcome email... if you don't want to keep you can just delete it...

**MattO** · 11-02-2009, 05:02 PM

They shouldn't be store passwords anyways, they should store a hash

**GrouchyAdmin** · 11-02-2009, 05:07 PM

I am self-taught in the ideals of something which I don't understand, and as a registered voter, here is my opinion:

Anything worth half a shit has things stored as a hash, not the 'original'; NATS has done this for at least the last 3 years by default.

**AIbenjamink** · 11-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by MattO

They shouldn't be store passwords anyways, they should store a hash

Exactly, I am surprised they would be storing plain text passwords.

**After Shock Media** · 11-02-2009, 06:43 PM

Just set up a catch all email for any domains you buy, watch what you get.
Yet another major reason I use gmail for things.

**sexandcash** · 11-03-2009, 01:27 AM

Originally posted by sherm

I personally prefer it in the welcome email, but nothing after that.

agree as well

**Startzone** · 11-03-2009, 02:17 AM

Maybe they like some1 to hack your account ;-)

**NBBCash Matze** · 11-03-2009, 02:54 AM

I just can speak for our program, we are not sending passwords automatically, sure after signup and if the webmaster asks for it but not in Newsletters, announcements or something like that.

**Zester** · 11-03-2009, 03:03 AM

Originally posted by sherm

I personally prefer it in the welcome email, but nothing after that.

i'm the third person to agree to this.

also: a sponsor that stores password in plain text and not a one way encrypted hash should be dragged out to the street and forced to watch carrot top's videos

**shermo** · 11-03-2009, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by Zester

i'm the third person to agree to this.

also: a sponsor that stores password in plain text and not a one way encrypted hash should be dragged out to the street and forced to watch carrot top's videos

All NATS programs have these stored as an encrypted hash, but it can be sent in the welcome email as most people tend to prefer. I fully agree that plain text storage is nothing but bad news.

**Jakez** · 11-03-2009, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by sherm

I personally prefer it in the welcome email, but nothing after that.

Yep, I like to have all my account details filed in Gmail. What I really hate is when you have to create some insane kljfen2l3kj43 password for 'security' purposes, when you could easily have your password figured out from other ways besides cracking.

**dav3** · 11-03-2009, 04:00 PM

Ok, a lot of people like to be reminded of their passwords in their welcome email. Personally, I remember the password that I used and save it in roboform and forget about it. So, I don't need to be reminded 1 minute after I made the account.

But it really is crossing the line of security when a program sends you gallery updates and also say something like, "in case you forgot your login, here it is is plain text for pretty much anyone to see!".

Especially since I've seen AT LEAST 2 separate times where a program sent me an email that was intended for another email address.

No, the emails had NO login info. BUT, you know it definitely has the potential to happen and you will probably never even know about it.

**Jakez** · 11-03-2009, 06:16 PM

I've never seen my password posted outside a "thanks for signing up, here are your login details" email, who the hell does shit like that?

**dav3** · 11-03-2009, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Jakez

I've never seen my password posted outside a "thanks for signing up, here are your login details" email, who the hell does shit like that?

Cash Traffic sends login and password in EVERY SINGLE EMAIL that they have sent me so far.

Your New Flash Free Hosted Video Galleries are Ready!

Dear Webmaster,

Below are your new Flash Free Hosted Video Galleries for the week! Your account number has already been added to the links. All you need to do is copy the desired gallery url and paste it wherever you want. You can also find additional past gallery sets at CashTraffic.com by entering your login id: 13466 and password: ***** to gain access.

Please feel free to contact us if you have requests for custom galleries, banners or any other advertising materials. We'll be happy to accommodate you in all your promotional endeavors!

Warmest regards, and thank you for promoting CashTraffic!

The CashTraffic Team
[email protected]

There's a couple more programs that do it, but I don't have their emails saved to make sure I'm naming the right companies.

Affiliate Programs: Stop Sending Passwords in Email

Affiliate Programs: Stop Sending Passwords in Email

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