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The same got my attention too. A really great idea, though I'm not aware of it being used currently at all. It might be, but I've never come across/heard anyone
by shandor 10y ago
The same got my attention too. A really great idea, though I'm not aware of it being used currently at all. It might be, but I've never come across/heard anyone mentioning it. Hopefully this takes root!
Actually, couldn't privacy-caring service providers also check current passwords against newly-leaked lists in case something pretty big gets disclosed and warn their affected users? Would probably take some time for services with big amount of users, but that would be some awesome help to users who use same passwords in most places.
- jsjohnst 10y agoNot sure if they still use it, but Tumblr blocked setting your password to a common password in the past. (Source: I wrote the feature)
- gmac 10y agoI've been implementing this on secure sites for about ten years.
- bdamm 10y agoCracklib has been around for ... years. https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib