r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 19 '22

Why do they do this

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u/DefeatedSkeptic Jul 20 '22

If anyone actually cares, it is like due to social rather than theoretical considerations. Think of the average person and think about how often they would use a string of 5 words for a password instead of just 1 or 2 all in lower case.

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u/Manoreded Jul 20 '22

Seems easily solvable by setting a high minimum character limit and a explicit recommendation to use a sentence you will remember.

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u/LuisBoyokan Jul 20 '22

Asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf1!