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Benedict Collins

The US government wants to cut out some of its weirdest password rules

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has decided it is time to bin some of the oldest, frustrating, and strange password requirements for the US government.

Among the requirements NIST is looking to do away with are mandatory resets, security questions and the use of certain characters when crafting a secure password.

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