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zachowj / xfinity-data-usage

Fetch Xfinity data usage and serve it via an HTTP endpoint, publish it to MQTT or post it to an URL.
https://hub.docker.com/r/zachowj/xfinity-data-usage
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Xfinity Password reset no longer allows you to use past passwords #33

Closed sepej closed 3 years ago

sepej commented 3 years ago

IMAP password update started failing, so I tried to reset manually and I got this error: "Your chosen password cannot be used, since you have used it in the past. Please select another password."

zachowj commented 3 years ago

Yes, I ran into this about a week ago and made a quick update for myself.

I made it increment a 3 digit suffix onto my password. Which saves to file alongside the config file. I don't know how feasible that is for the general user. But going forward I think that is the only way the IMAP portion is going to still work.

jasii commented 3 years ago

It's as if Xfinity is reviewing all the changes you make to your repo and do something to counter it the next day...

That sounds like a pretty good option, though I feel like Xfinity will catch on and then next thing you know they won't allow you to use passwords that are similar to the previous passwords. I've seen that on a few other sites when creating a new password. Not sure if 3 digit suffix would be different enough if they end up making that a requirement in the future. Maybe generate a whole new password and save it alongside the config file, just to futureproof it a little more.

I feel like the general user who is able to set up the IMAP portion is savy enough to look at generated passwords in a password file that is set to save in the same folder as the config folder.

Would you be able to make a branch with that fix or merge it into main please? Thank you for your hard work on this project!

zachowj commented 3 years ago

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