Of the many, many, many bad things about passwords, you know what the worst is? Password rules.
Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If we don't solve the password problem for users in my lifetime I am gonna haunt you from beyond the grave as a ghost
12:58 AM · Aug
Perhaps you’ve seen this recent XKCD about password choice?
It prompted a spirited debate – even on our very own Security Stack Exchange – about the merits of the argument presented there. Now, to be clear, I’m completely on Randall’s side here; I’m all for passphrases over passwords,
Microsoft security guru Robert Hensing hit a home run his first time at bat with his very first blog post. In it, he advocates that passwords, as we traditionally think of them, should not be used:
So here’s the deal - I don’t want you to use passwords,