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readthenotes1 49 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Lies we tell ourselves about email addresses

The "change your password every 6 months" guidance?

trumpdong 49 days ago | [–]

That was revoked some years ago.

denkmoon 49 days ago | [–]

Specifically the revocation of such guidance. If the field gave even the slightest deference to empiricism we wouldn't be changing our password every 180 days, but here we are.

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