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[–] fenrrs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Current best practice in cybersecurity is to not arbitrarily ask users to change passwords every x days, so any site doing this are following old guidelines.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, because among other things this annoys users into just writing down their password on a Post-It and sticking it to the bottom of their keyboard or monitor ripe for any passerby to take.

I have explained this to various management types repeatedly over the decades and nobody seems to get it.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

Wow it's almost as though somebody in there reads xkcd and knows about correct horse battery staple!