>>>>I see it also. In my opinion, forcing customers to choose a new
>>>>password could present a hardship. It's arguable, but it may be
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>Except that what they are doing is in direct response to an FCC directive.
>Not a company policy- your government at work.
The FCC order SPrint to force a password change?
Scott - 15 Nov 2007 05:19 GMT
>>>>>I see it also. In my opinion, forcing customers to choose a new
>>>>>password could present a hardship. It's arguable, but it may be
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> The FCC order SPrint to force a password change?
Yep- as part of a security crackdown ordered for all telcommunications
companies. The 118 page decision is available on the FCC website and gives
very detailed information of the changes required. It even has the
arguments made by the telcos outlining the huge inconvenience this would
cause for users.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-22A1.pdf
Dean-MN - 15 Nov 2007 15:36 GMT
Very interesting. I had a feeling something was up when my Internet,
wireless and land line provider all changed the way I sign on. Logging on
to each Web site is now a bit more difficult but not as irritating as going
through TSA to get on an airplane. So how can Comcast and Embarq have
updated their security without the problems Sprint is having? ... Dean
>> The FCC order SPrint to force a password change?
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> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-22A1.pdf
Joel - 15 Nov 2007 16:22 GMT
> >>>>I see it also. In my opinion, forcing customers to choose a new
> >>>>password could present a hardship. It's arguable, but it may be
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> The FCC order SPrint to force a password change?
I don't know about Sprint, but COX forces me to change the *main* ID & PW
which I had since COX took over @HOME.
BTW, they just require alphabet+numeric, and no longer accept "underscore"
which I had with the original PW