RE: Password expert says he was wrong: Numbers, capital letters and symbols are useless: USA Today

2017-08-10 Thread Alan Lemly
What a surprise. I often wondered when I was working why my company thought requiring a password change every 90 days was a good idea. Since the main problem with passwords is that a large part of the user group simply don't manage passwords well, this approach just ensured that folks would reso

Re: Password expert says he was wrong: Numbers, capital letters and symbols are useless: USA Today

2017-08-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hello, if possible, I protect my accounts with two factor authentication, two step verification, security keys and the like. Basically, a second layer such as a randomly generated code, sent by text, as well as my account specific password, is my personal best advice. That way, even if someone m