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[-] irish_link@lemmy.world 84 points 4 days ago

"bUt ItS a SeCuRiTy RiSk." Yeah maybe when most people were keeping their passwords in a spreadsheet. However now that they are all encrypted in password management programs its a vulnerability. If I can't generate a 40+ char password for your site then I will not be using your site if I can help it.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 days ago

you are correct that most people dont keep their passwords in spreadsheets. a lot of people prefer a plaintext file on their desktop, or a note in their phones!

[-] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Lifehack: if you use the same password everywhere you don't have to note anything down.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago

bonus: make it something easy to remember, like your year of birth

[-] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

For extra security change an o to a 0, hackers will never be able to break into your account if you do so.

[-] starchylemming@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

thanks grandpa, helps a lot

you should do tech support for a living ❤️

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

I don't even think that's what they were trying to stop, I think they just believe people making bots would only paste.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

So put a timeout on too many failed logins instead.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

I'm not defending the practice lmao

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