Here we go again...

[g0thm0g]

Please, if you don't trust either me or the communication line you're on, temporarily change your password to use the meme. Otherwise, look back to the last post and use my non-password version. I've kept the features as close as possible, except for the friends-only and 25-post constraints. I hope that OpenID or some other method (see lj_dev) will

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this should be called ;)

[shadow_of_funk]

hah how to steal a thousand lj pws

[lexzev]

I guess if you don't want your pw possibly snagged, you could always change it right after you use the meme...?

[sparhawk2k]

Heh. Theoretically, the meme could also be changed somewhere down the line (once people have more confidence in it and are using it more) to snag the password and change it automatically. So you wouldn't even get to do that because it'd be faster than you.

That said, I don't tend to be too paranoid about these sorts of thing... But it would be nice if there was a way to do it without the password.

[supersat]

As long as you have control of the email account you used to register your account with, they can't take control of your journal, even if they change the email address. You can always send a password reminder to a previously-validated address, and then remove later-validated addresses from your account.

[sparhawk2k]

Interesting. I didn't know that. I had figured once they changed the email address that's where the password would go. That's actually a really good way to do it though.

It could still cause havoc in that time while you're getting it back but it's nice to know they've thought of things like that...

[naught]

Who cares? It's just your LJ password, it's not like it's the password to your banking account or credit card.

If you don't want to use it - don't.

[jackola]

i do.

[xevinx]

you do care, or you do want to use it?

[jackola]

I care. Giving your password for anything to someone else is stupid. Especially since most people use the same password for everything...

[vorona]

Any "meme" asking for ANY password is a bad idea, in my opinion. Getting used to the idea of throwing personal passwords around like that is just... not good. Bad policy, and I'd never do that.

It's not a matter of trust, it's a matter of using basic good sense.

[g0thm0g]

I agree entirely; I'm just working within the provided system at the time.

[artysmokes]

Indeed, supplying a password to the meme-programmer is like giving your door key to someone that only needs to look through your windows.

[scoticus]

"Fault Code: 2 Fault Reason: Invalid return payload: enable debugging to examine incoming payload"