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That 14 character password mandate at work made everyone worse at security
My company forced a 14 character minimum last year and now half the office writes theirs on sticky notes under their keyboards. I walked past 3 desks in accounting yesterday and saw passwords taped to monitors. A 10 character random password is way safer than a 14 character one that's a real word plus a number. Has anyone else seen this backfire at their job?
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nancy_king294d agoMost Upvoted
My neighbor's HOA made everyone use the SAME security gate code for 3 years and nobody changed it. I get why companies do this but it's like that time the DMV made me write my password on a form in plain sight because their system "required proof of identity." People will ALWAYS find the easiest workaround when rules get too hard to follow. It reminds me of how my bank makes me change my password every 90 days so now I just rotate between "Summer2024" and "Fall2024" which is basically useless.
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henryt184d ago
Actually those sticky note passwords are still way better than people using the same simple password for everything. At least with a long random string on a sticky note someone still has to get physical access to your desk instead of guessing from a data breach.
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rodriguez.mia4d ago
Oh man, this is so painfully common lol. Real talk, your IT team needs to push for password managers instead of stupid length requirements, because nobody's memorizing 14 random characters. A sticky note under the keyboard is literally worse than no password at all, it's just a treasure map for anyone who walks by.
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