Comments on: Hotmail phishing scam: researchers begin Spanish inquisition http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/07/hotmail-phishing-scam-researchers-begin-spanish-inquisition/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Glenn http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/07/hotmail-phishing-scam-researchers-begin-spanish-inquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-216725 Glenn Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:56:17 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/07/hotmail-phishing-scam-researchers-begin-spanish-inquisition/#comment-216725 @ DavidB. That is the sort of thing that will simply drive people away from your service. There's no better way to drive people away from your service than to irritate your potential clientele. "Your password is too short. You must have at least one number. You must have at least one letter. You must have at least one symbol. You must have at least one upper and one lower case character." Not gonna happen, at least not with a POPULAR mail client. @ DavidB. That is the sort of thing that will simply drive people away from your service. There’s no better way to drive people away from your service than to irritate your potential clientele.

“Your password is too short. You must have at least one number. You must have at least one letter. You must have at least one symbol. You must have at least one upper and one lower case character.”

Not gonna happen, at least not with a POPULAR mail client.

]]> By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/07/hotmail-phishing-scam-researchers-begin-spanish-inquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-216639 DavidB Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:42:33 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/07/hotmail-phishing-scam-researchers-begin-spanish-inquisition/#comment-216639 If services/sites REALLY cared, they would enforce strong password requirements using mixed case alpha, numbers, and special characters, along with minimum password length. If services/sites REALLY cared, they would enforce strong password requirements using mixed case alpha, numbers, and special characters, along with minimum password length.

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