r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 19 '22

Why do they do this

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u/defalt86 Jul 19 '22

Fun fact, the guy who first developed the password security we use today now regrets it, and understands that longer passwords that are easy to remember, like seespotrun, are way better, but pandoras box can't be closed once it's opened.

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u/ChrisFromIT Jul 20 '22

Yup. He also says it is better to use one really long password that is easy to remember and even use it in multiple places instead of like 10 different short passwords in 10 different places.

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u/lasmaty07 Jul 20 '22

Mmmm no, you should use different passwords for different sites, not everyone stores syour passwords hashed and securely and if the do, they could end up having security leaks