r/mildlyinfuriating Mar 08 '16

Overdone Fuck it, hackers win.

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u/King_Baboon Mar 08 '16

I assume you didn't read the additional post reference the rest of the site.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '16

Oh I read it. I agree that the website sounds incredibly shitty and awful, but my point about the password stands. It's a government websites and, thus, the password restrictions don't seem out of order to me.

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u/XirallicBolts Mar 08 '16

I agree except for the "no characters in alphabetical order" part. You know damn well everyone is writing their password on a Post-It when the restrictions reach that point.

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u/CatastropheJohn Mar 08 '16

Yep. Go to any major business and flip over a keyboard. Password list in plain text right there. The places I've worked require logins to 4 systems, with password changes weekly. Impossible to remember one of them, let alone 4.