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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1824352" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Glad this came up again.</p><p></p><p>Browsing the net, I recently came across more and more discussions that changing the password regulalry is counterproductive.</p><p>Security sites mention that, so does the FTC and ZDNet:</p><p><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2016/03/time-rethink-mandatory-password-changes" target="_blank">Time to rethink mandatory password changes | Federal Trade Commission</a></p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/changing-your-password-regularly-is-a-terrible-idea-and-heres-why/" target="_blank">Changing your password regularly is a terrible idea, and here's why | ZDNet</a></p><p></p><p>But arguments of course go both ways.</p><p></p><p>What I'm trying to get my head around is the benefit of the forced password change.</p><p></p><p>For one, none of my financial accounts that I access via the net require a regular password change and neither does any other forum or discussion group I access.</p><p>Taking it one step further - let's suppose someone does obtain your user name and password for this forum - what is the worst that can happen???</p><p>They can post under your name, take a look at parts of your personal profile that is not public (same as administrators can) - what else???</p><p></p><p>Seems rather ridiculous to me that this forum enforces stricter password security than my financial institutions...and I'm wondering for what purpose....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1824352, member: 67742"] Glad this came up again. Browsing the net, I recently came across more and more discussions that changing the password regulalry is counterproductive. Security sites mention that, so does the FTC and ZDNet: [url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2016/03/time-rethink-mandatory-password-changes]Time to rethink mandatory password changes | Federal Trade Commission[/url] [url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/changing-your-password-regularly-is-a-terrible-idea-and-heres-why/]Changing your password regularly is a terrible idea, and here's why | ZDNet[/url] But arguments of course go both ways. What I'm trying to get my head around is the benefit of the forced password change. For one, none of my financial accounts that I access via the net require a regular password change and neither does any other forum or discussion group I access. Taking it one step further - let's suppose someone does obtain your user name and password for this forum - what is the worst that can happen??? They can post under your name, take a look at parts of your personal profile that is not public (same as administrators can) - what else??? Seems rather ridiculous to me that this forum enforces stricter password security than my financial institutions...and I'm wondering for what purpose.... [/QUOTE]
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