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After breach, users rarely change their passwords – when they do, often weaker

2 pointsby kouhalmost 5 years ago

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eesmithalmost 5 years ago
The paper shows that only 1&#x2F;4rd of the passwords are weaker.<p>Figure 1 of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ieee-security.org&#x2F;TC&#x2F;SPW2020&#x2F;ConPro&#x2F;papers&#x2F;bhagavatula-conpro20.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ieee-security.org&#x2F;TC&#x2F;SPW2020&#x2F;ConPro&#x2F;papers&#x2F;bhaga...</a> .<p>About 50% were of roughly equal strength.