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TechConsumer.com has an article up by Bob Caswell about web sites who email you your password.

Today I found out that MySpace is on the list of companies sending out passwords through email. I finally signed up (that could be a separate conversation, why I’ve ignored MySpace till now) and promptly got a welcome email with my password staring back at me. MySpace, though, takes it one step further and adds insult to injury by saying “Keep it secret. Keep it safe.” right below my visible password. As if I had a choice at that point, MySpace, you just made it less secret and less safe.

He also managed to snag some feedback from Mahalo CEO, Jason Calacanis whose company was also criticized in an earlier article for doing the same thing.

Caswell is dead on.

It’s not black and white with only “banks” on the one side and “social networking” on the other. So who should decide which service deserves what level of protection? Well, in this case, it’s my opinion that it’s in the best interest of any company protecting your information with a password to avoid sending that password insecurely over email.

It’s a great article and worth the read, click here.