Thread: We got HACKED!
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Old 09-17-2002, 11:44 AM  
Juge
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Originally posted by KC
And POP3 is even more insecure than either telnet or ftp because of the frequency it sends your password across the net in plaintext. You can either use an SSH tunnel or find some other way to encrypt the traffic if you're going to use POP3.

-KC
Are you fucking serious? This is unreal. I thought this was year 2002, not 1902. When are people going to learn that passwords cannot be sent as text...

Thanks again for the heads up, guys...
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