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Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread (www.cc.gatech.edu)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 97 points 11 months ago (15 children)

The article focuses on password requirements that websites implement, not user behaviors. Common bad practices mentioned:

Permit very short passwords
Do not block common passwords
Use outdated requirements like complex characters

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do not block common passwords

Do you mean "not blocking common passwords"?

This implies that I can totally use "password1"

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

I copied the list straight from the article, so excuse the awkward phrasing. But yes, the implication is that you could totally use "password1" on some websites.

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