Password protocol frustration

[tvguy]

A website I go to twice a year was redone, and they now require you to use a password that has:
1) At least 1 uppercase letter
2) at least 1 lowercase letter
3) At least 1 number.
4) At least 1 symbol.

I try to keep my passwords for everything different, but now I'm having trouble remembering all the odd rules.

And some question weather this type of security really makes any difference. Some say using a sentence not a word is a better password. Argh!

 

[Domo]

I hate passwords like this. I know I'm not stupid enough to set "password" as my password, or God forbid, "12345", but the rigours some sites put you through are OTT IMHO.

 

[sam_gordon]

A website I go to twice a year was redone, and they now require you to use a password that has:
1) At least 1 uppercase letter
2) at least 1 lowercase letter
3) At least 1 number.
4) At least 1 symbol.

I try to keep my passwords for everything different, but now I'm having trouble remembering all the odd rules.

And some question weather this type of security really makes any difference. Some say using a sentence not a word is a better password. Argh!

Totally agree with you! I wish ALL sites would use the same requirements.

Our health insurance site automatically disables your password every 3 months. I have to get in MAYBE once a year. So I have to call them. They'll reset to a generic and then I get to pick a new one. And it's got to be a NEW one. You can't repeat one of the last 999. Unreal.

 

[LYSE]

I tend to use the same 3 or so password's / pass phrases ...depending on the level of complexity required..

Sometimes though the requirements are just weird..the one you posted though isn't bad..makes for a decent password especially if it's a bank/anything actually sensitive.

For the posted requirement you may want to do something like: N3xTWDWtripin18!

Strong passwords can make a huge difference...however they can start making things less secure when you write them down but then again that's mostly a problem in an office environment.

 

[longboard55]

I was all set with a password, then they start saying you need to change it every 6 months and you can't us an old password. Really drives you nuts. To make it worse they do not show what you are typing.

Its like someone will break the code and pay my electric bill for me, oh my what will I do!!!!

 

[rwdavis2]

Use a pattern on the keyboard. Such as 5tgb%TGB. Try it on the keyboard and you'll see.

 

[mickman1962]

ours at work is 14 characters minimum of 1 upper, 1 lower, 1 number, 1 special, changed every thirty days, no 4 characters in a row can be reused for 12 iterations

 

[TheIncredibles!]

I use symbols and numbers as letters. Like Pa$$w0rd. Makes it easier to remember instead of doing something like Password1!

 

[Christine]

Yeah, it's getting ridiculous.

 

[HarperLeigh]

ours at work is 14 characters minimum of 1 upper, 1 lower, 1 number, 1 special, changed every thirty days, no 4 characters in a row can be reused for 12 iterations

 

[wenrob]

It drives me crazy. Let me decide my own password protocol and give me a little box to check saying it's my own fault if I get hacked. Speaking of which I never have been, even after having some passwords for over a decade. *knock wood* Well except for twitter about four years after I used it for a whole 10mins before deciding it wasn't for me.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I am sick of them telling people how to change their passwords, let us choose so we don't get confused. i have to keep it all logged to keep up with everything. It is so frustrating.

 

[Colleen27]

There are a couple of sites where the requirements got so ridiculous that I did end up using a whole sentence... in a foreign language, just to make it more difficult. The worst part of it is, one of them is a retailer that has been compromised... so I have to jump through all these hoops to set my password, but their security is such that two of my credit cards were replaced because they'd been used there!

 

[lsyorke]

A timely article!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...apital-letters-and-symbols-useless/552013001/

 

[longboard55]

Then the easiest one I have is maybe the most important, the ATM card, 4 numbers so one in a 9999, had the same number for 20 years. Compare that to the 8 part capital with numbers and symbols, that is one in a gajillion, all so I can protect my toll road account

 

[wenrob]

There are a couple of sites where the requirements got so ridiculous that I did end up using a whole sentence... in a foreign language, just to make it more difficult. The worst part of it is, one of them is a retailer that has been compromised... so I have to jump through all these hoops to set my password, but their security is such that two of my credit cards were replaced because they'd been used there!

Kohl's is constantly making me change my password and randomly locking me out of my account and rewards account. I finally just said "screw it" and let the accounts stay locked. I'm done with the ridiculousness.

 

[Albort]

man, amtrak wants 10 letters, 1 special character, 1 uppercase, 1 number.

and then bank accounts... why arent those case sensitive!

 

[ronandannette]

A website I go to twice a year was redone, and they now require you to use a password that has:
1) At least 1 uppercase letter
2) at least 1 lowercase letter
3) At least 1 number.
4) At least 1 symbol.

I try to keep my passwords for everything different, but now I'm having trouble remembering all the odd rules.

And some question weather this type of security really makes any difference. Some say using a sentence not a word is a better password. Argh!

In the interest of not constantly wanting to gnaw my own arm off, I stick with one, and one only. I'll gladly concede my cyber-life to anybody that figures it out. Like a PP said, you're welcome to pay my bills, book appointments with my dentist or use one of my Netflix profiles.

ours at work is 14 characters minimum of 1 upper, 1 lower, 1 number, 1 special, changed every thirty days, no 4 characters in a row can be reused for 12 iterations

Where do you work - Homeland?!?

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Some retail store wanted me to sign up for its reward program while I was at the cash register. The system instructed me to set some ridiculous length password with those crazy requirements. Like I was ever going to remember it for the once or twice a year I shopped there.

 

[Skippy918]

My work password for windows has to get changed on a monthly basis. So annoying. It takes me at least 5 tries to find one that I haven't used already. LastPass helps a lot with password remembering and it can generate one for you and save it.