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Re:We'd lose our security certificate if we allowed pasting by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @07:14AM (#7703724)
Losing passwords is bad because they get reused. 4-digit pin not so much, debit card is basically the only thing that uses it.
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Re:We'd lose our security certificate if we allowed pasting by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @07:20AM (#7703751)
You don't have to re-use passwords. In fact, don't re-use passwords. Keeping them in a password manager helps a lot with this. I have over 50 unique passwords which are all long, generated random strings. But there are a few websites, including British Gas, which get shitty weak passwords because they pull dumb crap like this in the name of "security".
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Re:We'd lose our security certificate if we allowed pasting by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @08:21AM (#7703969)
People shouldn't but they do.

If they didn't then password breaches would barely matter.

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Re:We'd lose our security certificate if we allowed pasting by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @09:28AM (#7704266)
Not true; the password on iOS devices is a 4-digit pin; in my experience, plenty of people either reuse their bank PIN, or just use their DOB.
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