Yahoo Generated Passwords are a bad idea
Someone explain to me how Yahoo's generated password ( required if you want to continue using Outlook as the client ) is more secure than the password I change every sixty days ?
Example of my passwords: +8pT6AxXza4^/_Pj~~rQ
Example of the Yahoo password: zbmwridlnmqrywof
1) The generated password is all lower case alpha chars. No numbers or symbols or upper case which makes cracking it that much easier. ( (26)^16 vs (74)^20) ) *74 using a limited set of symbols, numbers, lower and upper case letters
2) It was generated by Yahoo using an unknown algorithm. Can it be re-generated on demand ?
This goes against everything I know about creating and using a secure
password. I'll use my accounts with their required generated passwords long enough to change my email addresses to something other than Yahoo.
This makes zero sense to me.
James Lyles
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