Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Forced password rotation
Raised as a usability problem by 3 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2016–2022), in 3 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Mistyping the new password's closing digit for a week after each changeUnreviewed
20162026- Forced frequent password changes repeatedly locked the user out2022-03-04
- Forced quarterly password changes make people memorize new passwords, so they reuse slightly altered ones2019-12-13
- Keeps mistyping the new password's closing digit for a week after each forced change2016-12-14
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.