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Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread (www.cc.gatech.edu)
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Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread::undefined

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[โ€“] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 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.