An example of bad digital enhancement ... (Score 2, Interesting)

... was at my old company. They decided that people just weren't using secure enough passwords or changing them often enough. To fix the problem, they forced passwords to be x number of characters, with mixed capitalization, and at least one non-alpha character. Oh, and the passwords had to be changed every 90 days, and couldn't match the last four passwords. To make it even more confusing for the average joe, they decided to have the login password and email password be reset on different/staggered 90 day cycles, instead of the same time. On paper, it sounded like a good idea to lock things down, but in reality, everyone just started writing their passwords on post it notes on their monitor or at best, under the keyboard.

Besides, if the movies teach us anything, it's the experienced old cop who spots something out of place, while the young greenhorne smacks the battery casing of his incarcerator2000.