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TopicWhy do companies force you to make long passwords?
LinkPizza
10/16/22 6:50:43 PM
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ReturnOfFa posted...
It's their product. You're free not to use it. They're free to make it more secure so their security has a higher percentage change of not being breached.

I do think that people aren't really educated properly on how to make a good password that's also easy to remember, so I am sympathetic to it. like, if your password is 'peanutbutter', how do you make it 'complex' while also easy to remember? 69#Peanutbutter

and even if people write them down at home, it still usually prevents the most common forms of password-cracking, which is just that, cracking the password with a simple programmed dictionary that while go through thousands of easy words quickly. a few silly numbers can easily make a password way better.

I know Imd free not to use it. I even mentioned how people might stop using it because its hard to remember the password in an earlier post Doesnt change what I said, though I still think they should let people do what they want with their passwords

As for how complex, it can be hard to remember something when youve been using another password for years (or even over a decade), and now have to remember you changed it, and what you changed it to, if you dont use it for anything else I still sometimes try to use old passwords for certain accounts quite often, as I forgot I had to change them I usually know it similar to the old one. So, I try a few things, and usually get it

And Im not saying it dosnt make it more secure. Just weird that they force it. Especially after youve been using the same one for so long

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