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n0rdy • today at 2:18 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Unfortunately, the humans' laziness (or lack of long-term thinking) was, is and will be a bottleneck.

If we technically restrict the minimum length to, let's say, 12 chars, the default passwords will be smth like `123456789012`. If we add the requirement to have 1 letter, at least, the passwords will be `12345678901a`. If we require a special character, we'll get smth like `1234567890a!`.

I believe the issue is not technical, and it's not about the one particular guy. It is about accountability and understanding the impact and responsibility of the "I don't care"/"whatever"/"ship fast" mindsets.

We need a proper social agreement for that, as this goes far beyond the passwords, especially these days when the quantity and speed are valued over quality.


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GoToRO • today at 2:23 PM

There was a time when you would get a truly random password sent, every X months.

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MYEUHD • today at 2:24 PM

How about making the passords longer but easier to memorize? (no digit / letter / special character requirement)

https://xkcd.com/936

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