https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Starbucks-and-passwords/m-p/16891#M1970 <P>For me, Starbucks is not the religious experience it is for those who call it St. Arbucks.&nbsp; But somebody gave me a Starbucks card, and I thought I'd try out their registration and rewards program.<BR /><BR />OK, I'm quitting the Starbucks rewards program.&nbsp; I don't drink enough coffee to justify it anyway, but I've got lots of other accounts lying around the net that I just let go dormant.&nbsp; The thing is, I can't use the Starbucks system.&nbsp; Literally.&nbsp; I can't sign back in.<BR /><BR />The system refuses to let me use my existing password.&nbsp; It tells me that password is invalid.&nbsp; When I try to reset my password, Starbucks sends me email with a link.&nbsp; It is some kind of werid formatting, because it won't show as a link on that email system, and I have to read the raw message and HTML and try to find the link.<BR /><BR />Having found the link, I try to reset and set it to the one I have used when I created the account.&nbsp; But the system tells me I can't use it since I've used it before.&nbsp; But if I try to log in with it, the system tells me it is invalid.<BR /><BR />Starbucks also has one of those huge lists of requirements for passwords.&nbsp; It's gotta be mixed case.&nbsp; It's gotta have numbers.&nbsp; It's gotta have symbols.&nbsp; It can't have certain symbols.&nbsp; It's gotta have emojis.&nbsp; It's gotta have your favourite Star wars character.&nbsp; (Regardless of whether or not your even know what Star Wars is.)<BR /><BR />I suppose I could figure out how to create a password acceptable to their system, and hope that the system doesn't forget the new one like it did the old one, but, frankly, Starbucks just isn't that important ...</P> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:53:17 GMT rslade 2018-12-06T17:53:17Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Starbucks-and-passwords/m-p/16891#M1970 <P>For me, Starbucks is not the religious experience it is for those who call it St. Arbucks.&nbsp; But somebody gave me a Starbucks card, and I thought I'd try out their registration and rewards program.<BR /><BR />OK, I'm quitting the Starbucks rewards program.&nbsp; I don't drink enough coffee to justify it anyway, but I've got lots of other accounts lying around the net that I just let go dormant.&nbsp; The thing is, I can't use the Starbucks system.&nbsp; Literally.&nbsp; I can't sign back in.<BR /><BR />The system refuses to let me use my existing password.&nbsp; It tells me that password is invalid.&nbsp; When I try to reset my password, Starbucks sends me email with a link.&nbsp; It is some kind of werid formatting, because it won't show as a link on that email system, and I have to read the raw message and HTML and try to find the link.<BR /><BR />Having found the link, I try to reset and set it to the one I have used when I created the account.&nbsp; But the system tells me I can't use it since I've used it before.&nbsp; But if I try to log in with it, the system tells me it is invalid.<BR /><BR />Starbucks also has one of those huge lists of requirements for passwords.&nbsp; It's gotta be mixed case.&nbsp; It's gotta have numbers.&nbsp; It's gotta have symbols.&nbsp; It can't have certain symbols.&nbsp; It's gotta have emojis.&nbsp; It's gotta have your favourite Star wars character.&nbsp; (Regardless of whether or not your even know what Star Wars is.)<BR /><BR />I suppose I could figure out how to create a password acceptable to their system, and hope that the system doesn't forget the new one like it did the old one, but, frankly, Starbucks just isn't that important ...</P> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:53:17 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Starbucks-and-passwords/m-p/16891#M1970 rslade 2018-12-06T17:53:17Z