the dissident frogman

13 years and 3 months ago

About names and keys

Des noms et des clefs

the dissident frogman

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I've just eased up the password rules. When you created a member account, the system was asking you to use a (more) secure password (made of at least 1 number, 1 uppercase and 1 lowercase letter), and this restrictions should be removed now. You can use your dog's name again; even if that makes all security experts in the world scream bloody murder.

If you've already created an account under the previous regulation, and would like to revert to a password easier to remember, you can change it from within your control panel.

Finally, a practical advice: in this day and age of codes and numbers, you'd definitely make your life easier by using a password manager. Free and open source or commercial and cheap, pick your poison and let The Machine remember those pesky passwords.

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Just because the question arised: make sure you keep note of your password. Even with the highest level of control on the system, I can't look up members' passwords.

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Des noms et des clefs

Je viens d'alléger les exigences en matière de mot de passe. Lorsque vous créez un compte, le système vous demandais jusqu'à présent de choisir un mot de passe sécurisé (comprenant au moins 1 chiffre, 1 capitale et 1 majuscule) et cela ne devrais plus être le cas maintenant. Vous pouvez recommencer à utiliser le nom de votre chien, même si cela exaspère tous les experts en sécurité du monde.

Si vous avez déjà créé votre compte, et souhaitez changer votre mot de passe pour quelque chose de plus simple à se souvenir, vous pouvez le faire depuis votre tableau de bord.

Finalement, un conseil pratique : en cet âge de codes et de chiffres, vous vous faciliteriez la vie en utilisant un gestionnaire de mots de passe. Gratuit et open source ou commercial et pas cher, choisissez votre arme et laissez La Machine se souvenir de ces satanés mots de passe.

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Et puisque la question s'est posée : assurez-vous de prendre note de votre mot de passe, car même au plus haut niveau de contrôle sur le système, je ne peux pas retrouver les mots de passes des membres.

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