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Comment Re:No such thing (Score 1) 153

I would also say that it violates the 6th Amendment. If I refuse to comply with a NSL, they'll probably charge me with something. The NSL would then be evidence. They're not likely to release that in public, which, in my opinion, would violate my right to a public trial. And secret evidence probably flies in the face of the right to a fair trial, again, infringing on the 5th Amendment right to due process.

Comment Re:Are passwords really that hard to remember? (Score 1) 372

I have to change certain passwords every 30 days, and I don't use them enough to commit them to memory. I'm not going through the effort of coming up with a good random password and memorizing it just to throw it away next month.

Before you say "shift a character on the keyboard; now it's new", the pattern detections are getting better and better. I've had proposed passwords rejected because they were too similar to a past password of mine. And when the system can keep track of your old passwords (some systems go back 18 months) you know the password is being stored in plaintext somewhere. At that point, password strength policies are just for show.

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