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[-] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

My workplace has this common braindead policy where we have to change our passwords every 3 months. So every time I change it, Microsoft page asks me, “HOW WAS IT?”

Like it wasn't annoying enough.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I never understood the purpose of this.

Unless you are REAL stupid levels of lucky to have one of the mandatory password changes the day after a compromise that you werent aware of, all mandatory regular password changes do is make people use less secure passwords.

[-] mcx808@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Once upon a time it was a recommended best practice both by NIST and Microsoft if I recall. Both deprecated that practice years ago but most a lot of institutional inertia keeps it going, plus industry standards based on that time that don’t update as often perpetuate the problem.

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