Critics have for years called out the folly and harm resulting from many commonly enforced password rules. And yet, banks, online services, and government agencies have largely clung to them anyway. The new guidelines, should they become final, aren’t universally binding, but they could provide persuasive talking points in favor of doing away with the nonsense.

Source: NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules - Ars Technica

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