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WHY IS EVERY MAJOR COMPANY'S PASSWORD REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS A LAUNDRY LIST OF WORST SECURITY PRACTICES
FUCK EVERYTHING
Venting about work
@mawr RIGHT? I MEAN< ONE OF MY FIRST BANKS WOULDN"T LET YOU USE MORE THAN EIGHT CHARACTERS AND WASN"T CASE SENSITIVE (OBVIOUSLY NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS EITHER< BECAUSE WHY WOULD WE DO THAT>)
Venting about password security
@zetasyanthis AAAAAA D:
Venting about password security
@mawr Oh, and while I was at Rockwell Collins, your password couldn't be a palindrome. :)
Venting about password security
@mawr Know it's an old thread, but I *still* want to know what they hell they were doing so horrifically wrong that that was a requirement. ;_;
Venting about work
@mawr No joke. My current work password is a heavy obfuscation of a phrase to the effect of "too many changes" since I got my most recent three-month(!) change demand RIGHT AFTER the NIST published those "hey maybe don't make people change their passwords all the time" guidelines.