Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'glitch'

Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by pishpash on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:05PM (#16991106)

But at least, with salt, it wouldn't be applicable to other sites, just one. Better to just never reuse a password though. Honestly sites should just standardize on a password changing protocol, that will go a long way towards making passwords actually disposable.

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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by stingrae on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:31PM (#16991235)

I don't think a password changing protocol would help make passwords disposable. Making people change passwords often will result in people reusing more passwords.

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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by cm2187 on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:51AM (#16992899)

No the point is for password manager. The password manager would regularly reset all the password.... until someone accesses your password manager and locks you out of everything!

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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by sjwright on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:02PM (#16991398)

If by protocol you mean a standard, consistent API that can be used by password managers to update passwords automatically, then I completely agree.

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