https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/ News and opinions about security, the internet and more Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:00:43 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=1480#comment-2405 Marvellous! Maybe it was to “make it easier for customers”? It’s appalling what excuses silly folk will come up with. I wonder if they take credit card payments…

]]> https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/comment-page-1/#comment-2397 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:17:27 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=1480#comment-2397 […] Tele2 Netherlands giving the same password to all users | Security and the Net securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users – view page – cached The Dutch branch of ISP Tele2, an European ISP that is active in 11 countries, has just admitted that they use the same password for all new subscribers. Their — From the page […]

]]> https://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:21:47 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=1480#comment-2393 A similar problem were the old routers. Nobody changed passwords. I still find some Mikrotik (!) routers on the net without passwords. A reseted password change by 1st login should realy be forced by the system, not optional. Users are dumb, we know that. But thats why Administrators exist – to supervise the system, make it almost foolproof!

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