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Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-08-16 22:04:51
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

We’ve all been forced to do it: create a password with at least so many characters, so many numbers, so many special characters, and maybe an uppercase letter. Guess what? The guy who invented these standards nearly 15 years ago now admits that they’re basically useless. He is also very sorry.

from the correct-horse-battery-staple dept

Source: http://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-invented-those-annoying-password-rules-now-1797643987 [gizmodo.com]

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