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Old Feb 27, 2014 | 12:48 pm
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HansGruber
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Originally Posted by aaupgrade
OK, I did a search on "password" before posting this. Another amazing enhancement brought to us by the idiots at Marriott.

My password was changed from a mix of lower and upper case to all upper case (and numbers). I have been using this password for a few months, logging in numerous times each week, so it's not like I forgot it. Today I was unable to log in. Had them email me my password and it was identical to my password, but all in upper case.

Just a heads up for rest of you.
How did they email you your password? There should be no way they can see your password. And if they emailed it, which is completely against IT best practices, I would change it to something completely different.

If they can view your email in plain text that's a huge security issue.
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