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Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread (www.cc.gatech.edu)
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Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread::undefined

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[–] bort@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

here is a tool, that helps with making secure passwords, that respect all the current and former best practices https://neal.fun/password-game/

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun. Couldn't get past rule 16 (chess).

[–] June@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I moved every piece to every spot they could go and couldn’t get it. Not sure what the right answer was lol.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

old phones last 4 '1234 5678', transpose down a row or two 'zxcv-ghjk' used for years, np use a pw manager now. couldn't tell even 1 pw