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troupo on Aug 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Flaw has Microsoft Authenticator overwriting MFA a...

> but want to use Mypassword69! for everything

That... That is literally what these "security practices" force you to use. You literally used an example of the ubiquitous "at least one uppercase letter, one special character, and one digit" requirement

bongodongobob on Aug 18, 2024 [–]

And I think that's fine. Unless you're going to ask for 24 character passwords. Pick one.

maratc on Aug 18, 2024 | [–]

correcthorsebatterystaple is 25 characters though.

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