Maybe I'm a noob and don't understand, but I just went to sign up at 5dimes and had some trouble so they asked me over email for my account number and password. I have been warned for years by every website in the world to never give out my pw and that I would never be asked for my password (even by cs) because of fraud etc. I think that's pretty obvious and simple stuff.
So I called and the cs rep seemed baffled that I refused to give him my password and then he said he could already see it and that's the only way they can verify who I am, which of course isn't true for most companies....there are many ways to verify someone's identity without asking for their pw. The fact that he works for the company doesn't mean anything to me, I don't trust him any more than some random person on the street. And they dont even encrypt my password...any person working there can see all my info at any time?
Am I overreacting, or does this seem crazy to everyone else too?