Timeline for Why do some websites force users to come up with difficult passwords?
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| Mar 11, 2015 at 19:29 | answer | added | joseph_morris | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 30, 2012 at 4:01 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 28, 2012 at 23:08 | answer | added | Grant | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 8:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSecurity/status/162814216514965504 | ||
| Jan 26, 2012 at 16:49 | answer | added | Tom Leek | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 16:45 | comment | added | user4516 | @logicalscope: Totally agree, my credit card company does something similar. My "usual" password is already fairly complex, and they wouldn't accept it because it had an asterisk. I did write them an email and the reply I got pretty much made it clear that the discussion was going nowhere. But numerical passwords? That's a new one to me. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 16:43 | comment | added | logicalscope | I think equally annoying is when certain sites force you to choose a poor password. A (large) bank I know of FORCES you to choose a numerical "password" between 6 and 8 numbers long. There are additional safeguards in place to prevent brute-forcing from the client-side (but come on, 6 and 8 numbers are just screaming for dates), but I better hope they have amazing security on the inside! | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 16:41 | comment | added | user4516 | @Rory: The post is interesting, but it speaks to password strength itself. I'm basically asking why we care about strong passwords in the first place. I've been reading posts here all morning and still can't fully understand it, I guess I need it in laymen's terms or I need to have another coffee and read more carefully. In case it's not apparent, this is not a strong area for me. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 16:33 | comment | added | user4516 | I did find this which is quite similar but not exactly: security.stackexchange.com/questions/6474/… I'll take a look at that link, thanks. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 16:31 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | have you had a look at security.stackexchange.com/q/6095/485? Lots of good discussion on password strength there. | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 15:59 | history | asked | user4516 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |