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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Amicitas@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ooh, ooh. And for implementing any Javascript or jQuery or whatever that pops up some kind of smarmy message when you right click: Believe it or not, straight to jail.

Plus, that kind of thing is not going to prevent anyone from scraping images from anywhere if they have the capability to lift a finger to press F12.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Exactly.

My host decided to update their TOS to force me to accept binding arbitration, so I Inspect Elemented that right off the page and sent a message to support to end my service effective immediately (had been a paying customer for years). You're not going to bully me on my own browser...

[–] progandy@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Some do detect open developer tools and nuke the whole page, though.

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It won't block it yes but it will diminish the amount of people doing it which is the point