Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread::undefined

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    Sometimes they change the requirements, so a password that once had symbols no longer works, and you can’t log in anymore.

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      11 months ago

      Even better! They’ll sometimes tell you the wrong error message like my bank used to before they redesigned the front end and backend. I couldn’t change my password there for the longest time because it kept telling me my password was not between 5-8 characters long (yes it was). Turns out I couldn’t use a - in my password. I’m glad they finally updated to to a longer password but I still can’t use a - in my password.