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Never Change Your Password - TidBITS

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Many websites advise you to change your password routinely. That advice is nearly universally wrong: you should only update a password when there’s a weakness. Why does it persist?

I’m going to set off all your smoke alarms when I make this fiery statement: Never change your password. Before you call the fire department, consider these three crucial provisos. Never change your password… If it’s sufficiently strong If you created a unique one for each account Unless there’s a security breach where it’s stored Passwords do not age. They do not sour, spoil, or go stale. Yet some organizations want to convince us that your passwords become increasingly susceptible to attack over time. Just yesterday, I logged into my T-Mobile account and was told my password was old and shou

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