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Does it reduce the entropy of passwords in practice or just in theory? It could be that in practice if you let users repeat characters they will do so more ofte
by savanaly 7y ago
Does it reduce the entropy of passwords in practice or just in theory? It could be that in practice if you let users repeat characters they will do so more often than random chance would allow for, thus making their passwords predictable to some degree. Thus, prohibiting that practice would increase the randomness of passwords actually getting used.
- jdashg 7y agoMy 16-char alphanum generated password for Chase had an equivalent of "rST" in it. I can never remember which password modification I ended up with, and "can't choose the same password as your previous 4" gets real old real fast.