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2018-10-08 -Land of the Free

Weak passwords banned in California from 2020

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Posted by Fred 2018-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 "WhatAboutBorderSecurity" or "BuïldTheDamnWall" are passwords I recommend.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-10-08 00:14|| 2018-10-08 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 NOTICE: All of your passwords will now have to be submitted to and approved by the ~~Chinese~~ California Password Vetting Agency. No exceptions.

Posted by PBMcL 2018-10-08 00:52|| 2018-10-08 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Next up! Mandatory password registration with the state government.

For your own protection of course!

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-10-08 02:29|| 2018-10-08 02:29|| Front Page Top

#4 You could send an unsalted hash of the password to the government to see if it was on an unsafe list.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-10-08 04:46|| 2018-10-08 04:46|| Front Page Top

#5 "made or sold in the region"...

THAT should convince more businesses to ĺeave.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-10-08 05:22|| 2018-10-08 05:22|| Front Page Top

#6 I am starting to believe some companies like Apple force you to change your password every so many months by pretending you are misremembering or mistyping it.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-10-08 08:19|| 2018-10-08 08:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Will "Gov Moonbeam" pass the sniff test?

Posted by Speash Phinenter8714 2018-10-08 08:55|| 2018-10-08 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually not that bad of an idea. Weak passwords and security protocols have allowed the botnet to sweep up a lot of routers and take them over.

Most people aren't security minded and just leave the weak security in place and companies haven't done anything because they don't give a shit.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-10-08 09:08|| 2018-10-08 09:08|| Front Page Top

#9 companies haven't done anything because they don't give a shit.

And why should they? I'm a great believer in individual responsibility. The only reason I don't hate this is that weak passwords that allow hacking effects a lot more people than the idiot that put in the weak password.

Posted by AlanC 2018-10-08 09:38|| 2018-10-08 09:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Stopping botNets is a lot like vaccination.

I think ISPs should be constantly trying to hack their customers and shutting them off if they don't patch.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-10-08 10:38|| 2018-10-08 10:38|| Front Page Top

#11 With the Linux operating system, the system administrator can control settings that force users to select passwords with a certain minimum length that include upper and lower case letters, numeric and special characters. We used to have security audits all the time and had to confirm that those settings were in place. It doesn't mean that Jerry Brown knows your password.

Having said that, your password won't matter if the chips on the motherboard send it to China.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-10-08 11:38|| 2018-10-08 11:38|| Front Page Top

#12 35 years ago we'd get notices every week from Admin to change our passwords to something 10 characters or longer etc. etc. blah blah blah.

Only problem was that damn near every terminal had a sticky note on it with the new password.

be careful what you ask for.......

Posted by AlanC 2018-10-08 19:07|| 2018-10-08 19:07|| Front Page Top

#13 Oh, you haven't had to deal with the Mypay Account system. If you are going to make it that difficult and tedious, go back to paper, far more user friendly.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2018-10-08 19:17|| 2018-10-08 19:17|| Front Page Top

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