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Password rules are especially bullshit on mobile devices where the pain of caps (requiring shift key) and the pain of special characters (often requiring a change of keyboard) are extra severe punishments.

A long all-lowercase pass phrase that's pronounceable is both safe and easy to remember and easy to type on mobile devices. When I hit sign ups that require other characters while on a tablet, I frequently decide I don't need it and bail out.



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