• ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
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    7 days ago

    “Shouldn’t” and “won’t” are too very different words. There are plenty of shitty programmers out there, and they tend to band together. And now you have vibe coders on top.

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      7 days ago

      Based on the place (a supermarket rewards card), I’m assuming legacy code. But you’re right, the most likely answer is it’s shitty legacy code.

      • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        Doesn’t even have to be legacy, some programmers are just completely unaware of the concept of security. I’ve seen services where the forgot password functionality would send your existing password back to you in plaintext.