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Originally Posted by psili
I hate auto-generated passwords... just more crap I have to hunt down and change. If a site auto generates my pass, and also requires an email confirmation link I need to click, I hate the site. Email confirmation is one thing, but I can't see how auto-generating something I should create myself; my login credentials, regardless of how retarded they may be, should be left up to me.
Really, how is "asd%$#908sd!!" as a password different from "fuck" when both can get posted somewhere or pasted into a scraper?
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since people tend to use the same passwords everywhere only one security breach on one site can compromise all other sites where that person signed up. it's pretty common to try out existing user/pass combinations.
does not prevent posting of user/pass somewhere, but decreases the chances of password hacks