On November 23, 2019 at 10:47, Ernie Gilman said...
You are directly reporting on the problem: due to the "rules" set up so long ago, rules that don't reflect a truly difficult means of password construction, we have to put things into passwords that do not make passwords more secure.
The policy-makers in IT at "Most places" have to change the requirements to reflect this truth.
That's pretty funny. "Hot Rats" is the only one that comes to mind offhand, but surely any sensible password detector would veer away from that! Something with Suzy Creamcheese in it also would not immediately be guessed.
The 'How Secure' site showed that 'hotrats' would be cracked instantly, whereas 'Don'tYouEverWashThatThing?' would take 1 nonillion years without the outside apostrophes.
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