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[improvement suggestion] Error message when signing in #12

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simonaszilinskas opened this issue Oct 27, 2022 · 1 comment
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[improvement suggestion] Error message when signing in #12

simonaszilinskas opened this issue Oct 27, 2022 · 1 comment

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@simonaszilinskas
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Currently, when an incorrect email is entered, the error message is "Incorrect email or password".
Instead of that I suggest to do a custom error message when the email doesn't exist saying "The email you've entered is not associated with an account. Create a new [instance name] account. " (the last sentence redirecting to the sign up page).

@Quentinchampenois
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I agree it can be confusing for user. However there is also a security scope to keep in mind :

  • For a pentester, if you try to guess email accounts, you can refer to the message to know if the email account exist. In this case, as a pentester, I will try to have a different message than The email you've entered is not associated with an account, then I "just" have to brute force password.

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