News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Stop forcing arbitrary password rules. Parent comment

Re:Stop forcing arbitrary password rules by lhecker on Saturday October 24, 2015 @07:10AM (#10443204)
Yep exactly that. It would be great if I could just use some whole words as the password for accounts which I need to use often or are really important and thus IMHO make password stores impractical (e.g. desktop login, Gmail, …)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Stop forcing arbitrary password rules by eru on Saturday October 24, 2015 @08:51AM (#10443436)
Add second factor authorization for these, in any case. Google Authenticator app on the phone works reasonably well, or perhaps even get a physical token.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Stop forcing arbitrary password rules by freehunter on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:27AM (#10443684)
I use a passphrase on my Gmail account in the manner of "This is the password I am using for Gmail". Works just fine.
[ Parent | on HN ]