Got a lousy password like 'password1?' Microsoft is going to ban it and many more

Friday, May 27, 2016 - 14:10 in Mathematics & Economics

Easy to guess passwords like "password" and "123456" will go the way of Clippy and dial-up internet if Microsoft has its way, with the software giant announcing it will soon forbid users of its products to use commonly used log-ins.

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