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Comment by schaefer

While trying to sign up, I was rejected with the error:

Your password must contain at least one symbol.

There are studies that show that that restriction decreases security, not increases it [1].

That’s all the friction I needed to not try this website which, from the outside looking in, seems like it might be amazing.

[1]: encouraging users to improve password security and memorability. (Yildirim, Mackie 2019)

parent schaefer 3 years ago

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