Online subscribers to The New Yorker woke up this morning to find a friendly email reminding them that their passwords have been updated. Thus far, the responses on Twitter range from mildly annoyed:
@simonowens: @NiemanLab I kind of liked the fact that login to the New Yorker was so simple. Now I’ll have another password to remember
@jonathandoster: The New Yorker changed my password for its online content. Seems they’ve caught on to my game of giving it to anyone. Well played, Literati.
to frustrated:
@leahlibrarian: The password guidelines for the digital edition of the New Yorker are completely absurd. This is a magazine…not a bank!
@leahlibrarian: I give up. #stupidnewyorker
@crowjonah: Dear @NewYorker Digital Edition, your password requirements are absurd.
@msilverman: @crowjonah The New Yorker’s password requirements are stricter then my bank’s! I know they are proud of their writing, but really, come on!
to suspicious:
@jbnbpt: Anyone know if this is for real? “To protect your privacy the password on your acount for The New Yorker Digital Edition has been changed.”
@elgreg: Just got an unprompted email from the New Yorker website that contained my password. Are you effing kidding me?! #security #fail
and to disappointed:
@yahelc: Dear @newyorker, of all the things you can be doing for my security, sending me my password plaintext unprompted via email is not among them
@bgreenlee: Add another one to the storing-&-emailing-passwords-in-plaintext Hall of Shame: @newyorker
@anthonyrstevens: Attn:@newyorker: love love love you, almost like a 3rd child, but sending passwords in plaintext e-mail is NOT OK. #fail
