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Originally Posted by Paul
Good, its not their job to force ridiculous passwords on people.
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Nobody's asking them to force ridiculous passwords on people, but it's irresponsible for them to
limit your potential password strength as well. The issue isn't that Virgin doesn't mandate a stronger password, it's that you don't even have the option to use one if you want.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
The information gleamed is no more than you can get from the phone book, apart from emails that people give out freely to just about anybody and anyone.
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This is not true. It also listed what websites people had asked to block and unblock, which is definitely information that could be used to blackmail or scam the customer.
Imagine someone gets a phone call from "tech support" saying they caught a virus from <some porn website that they've definitely been on>. That's not good at all.
Even if it was "just" information you'd get from a phone book, many people are ex-directory for a reason and privacy is a right that Virgin has failed to protect.