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ebiester on March 14, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The war against autocomplete=off (2013)

What do you do when you have to change a password for a site? Multiple algorithms?

Hrmmn... when did I last set this password?

joshuahedlund on March 14, 2014 [–]

Forced password changes are the biggest downside I've run into... I had to resort to a modified algorithm when LinkedIn was hacked, for instance. But for 90%+ of the websites I use it on, especially social networks and forums and the like, it's hardly ever an issue.

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