I'm a print subscriber to the excellent Consumer Reports magazine, and I recently got a mailer from them inviting me to subscribe to the online version. The funny part is that they included a helpful sticker to put on your monitor to hold your username and password. In practice this is probably harmless, as the worst thing that could happen is that somebody else could read CR's content, but this is just terrible security advice. Hasn't every hacker movie ever made involved getting passwords from a Post-It™ or slip of paper on a desk?
I am very happy to take CR's advice on gas grills (I love my Weber Genesis), but not on security.
Posted by Steve at December 26, 2002 10:56 AM | TrackBackOh geez! I could see someone using this..... And they log on at the Library! ;-)
Posted by: Wendy on December 26, 2002 04:12 PMI too love my Weber Genesis. And I really wish I didn't have to pay additional money for the website. When the choice is "pay money or dig through a well organized stack of 5 years worth of magazines" I take the two minutes to dig the mag out.
Posted by: Dan Isaacs on December 31, 2002 05:43 AM