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"why would i change my passwords?" (pawb.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Need the opposite costume, the overly eager sys admin.

wants to force password changes once a month for security
constantly changing security policies to reflect the flavor of the month
constantly sends out phishing emails tests, wonders why no one replies to any of his emails

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Then do this to computer-shaped instrument controller systems that have accounts that can not have passwords changed or the application won't run. Or service accounts, so if you pop in after 6 months, nobody knows the current password and the IT guy only comes in 2 hours/week. And that was yesterday. And no, no contact information present...

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