What are some of the most unhinged (good or bad) password requirements/rules you've seen?
Soulifix @ Soulifix @kbin.melroy.org Posts 11Comments 156Joined 7 mo. ago
Soulifix @ Soulifix @kbin.melroy.org
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Any service that says I must have a 12 or 14 string password, combined with symbols, numbers and letters.
Do you know why, I have to keep resetting my password, services that have this dumb requirement? Because your fucking requirements are absurd and unnecessary. I don't have the mental capacity to care to remember that long of a password. I have to have a document now of all of the passwords I have so it's not forgotten. I have to have browsers autofill for me because of this shit.
In a perfect world, 6 - 8 string passwords would suffice and lots of emphasis on symbols and numbers at the very least. The longer you try making the characters of a password, the chances of forgetting increases.
Flickr does this. Some of the portals to my apartment portal does this. Portals to some of my medical information does this. It's fucking bullshit. StateFarm does this too.