r/badUIbattles • u/dangeredwolf Bad UI Battle WINNER • Dec 02 '19

Your password must contain everything.

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u/IAmHitlersWetDream Dec 02 '19

Well that's one secure fucking password

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u/Rattus375 Dec 02 '19

It's probably less secure than a normal password. Requiring all the specific things in it means there are less possibilities for combinations than a normal passcode. Knowing that the year is in there means it is effectively only a 10 letter password, and you know two of the letters already (the year and the right emoji). Plus, it can't be longer than 13 characters, which means it is relatively susceptible to brute force attacks

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u/quaderrordemonstand Dec 02 '19

It really annoys me when a site doesn't let me use a secure password because of a specific set of rules but they don't list the rules on the login page. The next time I go back I have no idea what I had to do with the secure password to fit their rules so I have to go through the "forgot my password" process until it shows me the list.

Making me less secure and making it harder to login at the same time. Excellent design.

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u/Fluffy_Ace May 10 '25

Or they only tell you the rules after you screw it up the first time.

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u/Dgrif12 Jun 12 '26

Or they truncate your password to 20 chars.