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All of our hard work convincing people to think of longer passwords has finally convinced the populace to type 'qwertyuiop' instead of 'qwerty' when they're ask
by wfo 11y ago
All of our hard work convincing people to think of longer passwords has finally convinced the populace to type 'qwertyuiop' instead of 'qwerty' when they're asked to make an account for a service they don't care about.
The best way to improve password quality at least looking at it from the perspective of a user with my habits is to wait to have me make an account until I actually want the service. If I have to think of a password in order to try something out for the first time it's going to be the most inane garbage because I simply don't care/can't be bothered to think of some secure phrase to protect nothing.
- odonnellryan 11y agoI've used 1qaz2wsx for throw-away accounts. I mean, come on... I create at least one new account a week! >:(
- wahsd 11y agoWhat annoys the hell out of me is this constant insistence on creating accounts or even connecting your social media account. How about just making your damn service/product good to where once people are hooked in they will actually want to create the account when they are damn well ready.
- odonnellryan 11y agoExactly! I've been working on my own app for a bit; once I go live I completely intend on having gradual sign-up. You'll have a session. You can use the entire app, but if you want to safe your stuff you better register ;)
- pbreit 11y agoI'm not sure what this list is trying to accomplish but the problems with it are 1) it doesn't acknowledge that these are unlikely to be important passwords and 2) there's little indication this is much of an attack vector, if any at all.