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A compilation of sites with dumb password rules.

21 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 4 stories, 17 comments · first 2016-12-05 · latest 2023-02-15

Mentions per year 21 mentions · busiest year 2019 (8)
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  1. I'm glad you enjoy it! If you have any sites you like to add, please feel free to contribute. https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules/blob/main/CONTR...
  2. Good idea! I've added an issue for discussion here: https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules/issues/445
  3. Relevant: https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
  4. Related (about password rules): https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
    comment by jaclaz · 2022-12-09 · in The Stupidest Validation Rules
  5. Just in case: Dumb Password Rules Shaming sites with dumb password rules. https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
    comment by jaclaz · 2022-08-04 · in Sending spammers to password purgatory
  6. Related? https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
  7. >I need to start a list of companies with dumb password rules You were heard: https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
    comment by GoblinSlayer · 2021-11-16 · in I hate password rules
  8. …that it's more likely to be something bad however, it's funny because I remember adding EasyJet to https://github.com/dumb-password-rules/dumb-password-rules/p... last year.
  9. …linked and log in again? Also why are the password rules so absurd? Inb4 [dumb-password-rules]( https://github.com/dumb-password-rules/dumb-password-rules )
    comment by dannydannydanny · 2019-12-20 · in Show HN: I built a website for sharing salary info
  10. Similar to https://github.com/dumb-password-rules/dumb-password-rules
  11. …to a hackernews thread discussing the worst of the requirements in the repository is here [3]. [1] https://github.com/dumb-password-rules/dumb-password-rules [2] https://twitter.com/dumb_pw_rules [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=208…
  12. …changing that to simple `> ` based quoting. Edit: Link to the github issue comment mentioned - https://github.com/dumb-password-rules/dumb-password-rules/i...
    comment by sundarurfriend · 2019-09-06 · in Sites with dumb password rules
  13. Strange to see a .gov.uk site on there ( https://github.com/dumb-password-rules/dumb-password-rules#h... ) as they have excellent guidance on this https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/passwords/
    comment by ollybee · 2019-09-05 · in Sites with dumb password rules
  14. I like to call those sites out and have submitted some to https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
  15. Some sites are just insane. https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
  16. Oh please add it here: https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules
    comment by dawnerd · 2017-07-14 · in Welcome to password creation hell
  17. …a description in English as well I think that would be helpful. Here's a non-English example: https://github.com/duffn/dumb-password-rules#movistar
    comment by duffn · 2016-12-06 · in Dumb Password Rules