A brief history of bad passwords and unrealistic policies - video - Galt's Gulch

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A brief history of bad passwords and unrealistic policies - video

Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 2 months ago to Technology

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Kyle Rankin explains why tech admin password policies don't work. Hackers are more creative than administrators.

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Posted by Dobrien 7 years, 2 months ago

Thanks freedom,
Interesting here is my password

F...offhackersfindsomeonewithalotofmoneyhahaha

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Posted by WilliamShipley 7 years, 2 months ago

These days my inclination is toward long phrases. The hackability of a password seems closely related to the length. Putting in upper case and lower case, numbers and symbols increases the difficulty of remembering more than the difficulty of random hashing.

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