Re: Can't create a password successfully.
On Sun Apr 3 23:07:14 2022 tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 07:45:47PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Indeed, all of this happens, usually without any explanation
>>> whatsoever.
>>> For whose benefit are such requirements constructured?
>
> Much of it is security theater.
I'll remember that phrase.
> Someone (TM) up the chain can tick the checkbox "password security
> enforced". Then, the Rest of the Web (TM) goes forth and cargo-cults
> that, because that's how the Web is held together.
https://xkcd.com/936/
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