#passwordsecurity
I fucking hate it, every time I register somewhere ๐
Started with 128 characters with all the weird stuff in it.
In the end the upper limit was at 50 characters.
I actually don't like, that there are upper limits at all.
But if there are, TELL ME WHAT IT IS, for crying out loud ๐คฌ
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New research from Italian universities examines how much password security changes when public social data is factored into evaluation.
Using SODA ADVANCE, the team reconstructed volunteer profiles and tested how several LLMs generated and scored passwords based on varying amounts of personal context.
The work highlights the gap between syntactic complexity and real-world guessability - especially when personal data is publicly discoverable.
Thoughts on integrating personal-context analysis into future password tools?
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/28/research-social-media-password-risk/
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You can't use "Beef Stew" as a password as it's not Stroganoff ๐๐คทโโ๏ธ
As much as I like #Costco for various reasons, I'm gonna say they deserve a special wing in the bad password practices hall of fame for REDUCING their maximum password length to 16 (from what I don't remember, but it was at least 20), and also making it impossible to enter more than 16 characters of a password in their mobile app without prompting people who had longer passwords to change them ๐คฆ
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When the Louvre was robbed in just seven minutes, most people blamed the thieves. But leaked audit reports told another story โ one of weak passwords, ignored warnings, and outdated systems.
In this episode of Cyberside Chats, Sherri Davidoff and Matt Durrin reveal how the same security blind spots behind the heist also threaten hospitals, banks, and critical infrastructure today and what practical steps you can take to avoid becoming the next headline.
Listen now and learn how to lock down your organization.
Podcast: https://www.chatcyberside.com/e/louvre-heist-exposed-how-weak-tech-old-passwords-invited-the-theft/
Video: https://youtu.be/3ErXdXv_bN8
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