Although it does work against hackers (at a certain extent), what if you just forgot your password? What if the hacker guessed your password within the 5 attempts they are given? Whats stopping the hacker from trying again, after the temporary ban? Not very effective, and even sometimes more effective to the owner of the account.
Although it does work against hackers (at a certain extent), what if you just forgot your password? What if the hacker guessed your password within the 5 attempts they are given? Whats stopping the hacker from trying again, after the temporary ban? Not very effective, and even sometimes more effective to the owner of the account.