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The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first (www.techspot.com)
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The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first::undefined

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[–] JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The most infuriating thing is websites that actually limit secure passwords (e.g. "password must be between 6 and 12 characters"). Preventing longer passwords makes little sense if they're salting and hashing; and if they're storing the passwords in plain text (which is just about the only reason to limit the max length to anything less than what a person would reasonably remember), that's even worse.