Bugmenot.com now has a registration page for users of the service to fill in. Odd if you consider that bugmenot’s service is to give you log in details for sites such as The New York Times that require registration before usage.
However, upon closer examination you may find that it is a spoof with some rather personal information being asked for such as
Out of ten how would you rate your partner’s satisfaction with your sexual performance?
and totally crazy ones like
Would you be willing to have an RFID chip inserted under your skin in exchange for a free, 12 month newspaper subscription?
Having to register at websites just to read articles is fucking annoying and bad security as it means yet more passwords to remember. Most people hate to remember many passwords so they will use the same password that they use for sites that actually require some security such as their bank account.
One other thing is that it makes these sites inaccessible to search engines so that when you search for something at Google it’s unlikely that you’d get a link to the page of the article from The New York Times that covered it.
Tags: computer security, security
