[SFD-discuss] "Remind me" broken on wiki

[Alan Pope]

On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 05:57:28PM +0600, Russell John wrote:
> Dear Alan,
> 
> Putting the encrypted password would log you in.  You can then change
> your password and other details.  The reason why it's not cleartext is
> mentioned on the UserPreferences page: "...if someone intercepts the
> mail, he won't know your REAL password".
> 

How bizzare and completely different from every other wiki i have ever used.

Also how is this in any way more secure? If someone intercepts my mail they 
can logon with my encrypted password in the same way I might, and change my 
password?

It's not a big deal, just odd.

Cheers,
Al.