Facebook isn’t going to ask new users for their email password anymore, it said on Tuesday after a furious backlash. A Twitter user called out the practice on Sunday, calling it “a HORRIBLE idea from an #infosec point of view.” What Facebook called a “very small group of people” were getting prompted to enter the password for their personal email when they tried to verify new accounts, rather than the typical verification email or code sent to new-users’ phones.

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