Comment Mysterious rules are worse (Score 5, Insightful) 498
I don't mind too much the simple ones like must have a symbol, one uppercase, and a number and a minimum of x characters. Those are fine because I can click those buttons in Keepass to generate a password with or without those options.
The ones that piss me off are ones that only allow/require a very small set of symbols, so I have to generate it and tweak it.
The other big thing that makes me angry is when their password requirements are hidden. You just have to keep typing in passwords until their validator stops bitching at you. Why are these requirements not up front?!!