Gallery passwords not visible in settings

psenior1 · March 23, 2014

Having the gallery passwords appear as '********' in the settings panel is causing a real issue - we have clients asking for access to older galleries and I can't see or remember what the passwords were set to. We have galleries that are accessed via passwords by lots of people over long periods, so I don't want to have to reset the passwords for obvious reasons. It would be a lot easier if I could just see what the existing passwords are!

thenickdude · March 23, 2014

This is by design and SmugMug have said they're not changing it.

psenior1 · March 24, 2014

genius. love to hear the thinking behind that one.

rainforest1155 · March 24, 2014

You can find additional information on security upgrades in the New SmugMug on the news blog.

AceCo55 · March 24, 2014

psenior1 wrote: »

genius. love to hear the thinking behind that one.

One view (post #5): http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=237215&highlight=passwords+security
Another (post #11): http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=242109&highlight=passwords+security
Another (post #8): http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238660&highlight=passwords+security

You and I may/may-not agree with it, but it's not going to change (in foreseeable future).

psenior1 · March 24, 2014

Thanks for all the info - I can understand the thinking behind it but this is something else that SM has done with a heavy hand. As the owner of MY site and MY photo's I should have the choice over this kind of thing. Surely adding an option to display/not display PW's wouldn't have been that difficult, even the ability to email the password when you've forgotten it - just like every other website on the planet.

rainforest1155 · March 24, 2014

psenior1 wrote: »

even the ability to email the password when you've forgotten it - just like every other website on the planet.

I'm not aware of any serious / secure service that is able to send you your password if you've forgotten it. What services / web sites do is to send you a temporary / new password or ways for you to set a new password.

If a service sends you an email with the password you've set up with them, it tells you that they do not keep your passwords in a secure fashion. If their password reminder feature has a way to look up your password, a hacker getting into their system would likely be able to do the same.

psenior1 · March 24, 2014

Thanks for the reply but I still would like to have been given the choice - these are my images you are talking about people stealing after all - not SM's.

Were not talking about the main SM account password either (which I imagine are a far more attractive target for hackers), these are OPTIONAL gallery passwords.

Either way I get the feeling that this is another SM know's best situation, so not much point in complaining any longer. Lump it or move on, simples.

Gallery passwords not visible in settings

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