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# Annoying password rules like frequent mandatory changes actually make us less secure, and should be abolished
- URL: https://werd.io/annoying-password-rules-like-frequent-mandatory-changes-actually-make-us/
- Published: 2023-03-11T17:38:47.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-11T17:38:47.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“The sched­uled-re­place­ment pol­icy is one of a num­ber of poor or in­ef­fec­tive pass­word prac­tices that make log­ging into sites, apps and ser­vices more com­pli­cated and an­noy­ing than ever.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://www.wsj.com/articles/annoying-password-rules-actually-make-us-less-secure-a05edb70)\]