bad-passwords-index
Security and privacy
password security
SHOW HN2015
9points
7comments
#2,217of 2,565 in 2015
Top 87%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Mostly redundant given modern password rules.
From 1 comment
Unfortunately, this is made mostly redundant by any sane modern password rules.
minimaxir on HN
Common-password lists matter less when rules already force complexity; maker argues rules push users to weak variants.
From 1 comment
I think I make a fair point against those password rules in http://www.robsheldon.com/index-of-bad-passwords/ (linked from the Github repo's readme file) -- what users typically…
thaumaturgy on HN
Questions
Why is a specific popular password like l58jkdjp! so common?
From 1 comment
what makes "l58jkdjp!" such a popular password? Is that something in a language other than english?
pdshrader on HN