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Nice. So how many years will it take until someone realizes that asking users to include specific character classes actually decreases password security too? W
by arendtio 7y ago
Nice. So how many years will it take until someone realizes that asking users to include specific character classes actually decreases password security too?
What I mean is that if you ask your users for a password that includes lower-case letters, upper-case letters, numbers and special characters you will probably end up with something like 'Password123!'.
Instead, we could ask our users for reasonably complex passwords without requiring to include specific characters sets. Yes, I am talking about
https://www.xkcd.com/936/ https://www.xkcd.com/936/
- blarg1 7y agofor any password that requires capitals and numbers I always start it with the capital and end with the number to make it easier for me to remember.
- drilldrive 7y agoAnd I am sure at least 95% of the populace does the same, and that such passwords are usually quite short. We need a better solution for passwords than we do now.