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Facebook does - we have a blacklist of common passwords, and you cannot register an account with them or change your password to them. That being said, I think
by mkjones 14y ago
Facebook does - we have a blacklist of common passwords, and you cannot register an account with them or change your password to them.
That being said, I think with sufficient protections against brute forcing, password complexity requirements are largely a waste of time. The percent of users' accounts you can get into with the number of attempts allowed before locking you out is so small that it's not cost-effective, and the majority of people trying to break into accounts are doing so at scale for financial gain.
- m8urn 14y agoHas Facebook ever shared that list?
- mkjones 14y agoIt's comprised in part of what we observed as the top hundred or so user passwords, so I'm hesitant to share it. I hope to do a more in-depth post about some stats we're able to run on password usage - I'll see if it makes sense to disclose (part of) our blacklist in there.