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What? No punctuation marks? Special characters like !@#$%^&*()_+?

Only 16 characters?

And in six weeks... It's time to change your password! No repeats.

We upped our passwords to sixteen chars last fall. Also, it’s UPPER lower digit and special-char. And we only require changing every twelve months when it used to be much more.

It's not so bad once you develop a system.

Captain Carter always has a password

Here's what you do: Generate long random string, for example: P5edM5Ce0SGE0rOr9k&#T*wG@d$og^qyBTk2@%dmO@2akbm!b^5^p!bH8w7Ei7gPSIR^1Er&hab3ae@0odk3h76Ka48kYtXrsburM$7rf^vPRwXz1s5guO&$PZz3@w

Memorize it.

For each site just choose a number and select 16 characters starting at this number.

Remember which page uses what number. E.g. google = 32 -> &#T*wG@d$og^qyBTk2

Done. You don't have to remember any more passwords for the rest of your life.

Just use KeepAssXC.

Just add one to the number each time.

I'm on "[passwordiveusedforyears]22!" at work.

For otherwebsites I'm on things like "[passwordIveusedforyears][websitename]!"

Proper 2FA is secure enough for most people to keep using the same password so long as it hasn't been compromised. And a few things, like work passwords, email passwords, and bank passwords should be unique to thaspecific account.

Really, the biggest security hole is requiring logins for fucking everything. That's why there's a million password leaks. Why does a news website need me to sign in? Why do I need an account and password to order a pizza that I'm gonna pay for in-person?