Complex Passwords Aren’t That Much Safer

Just great, my awesome "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxyz!@#$%^&*()+" password isn't much better than my old password "123."

What this shows that a complex password isn’t necessarily a secure password. As we’ve written before, password systems have a very annoying way of putting most of the hard work onto the shoulders of the users. You’ve got to mix up a jumble of numbers and letters (some in capitals, please) and special characters. Some passwords time-out after 90 days, forcing you to reset them. But that doesn’t mean they’re that much safer than simple passwords.

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