Several readers of late have noticed that after entering an eight-character password in Mac OS X (for an installer, or other activities), any extra characters typed will be ignored. This effectively ...

Does Size Really Matter? Here's Why Password Length Isn't Everything ...

Your online password should exceed eight characters so you can avoid the potential hacking incidents from the hackers, according to the latest research. If your ...

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There is a reason why most services ask for a specific number of characters for passwords, and even specific types of characters. If you’ve ever wondered why, well, a cybersecurity firm, Hive Systems, ...

Password-manager purveyor LastPass has announced it's setting new rules about the strength of customer passwords, with a new mandate that account master passwords include a minimum of 12 characters. A ...

LastPass notified customers today that they are now required to use complex master passwords with a minimum of 12 characters to increase their accounts' security ...

A few weeks ago, I mentioned a contest that InfoWorld columnist Roger Grimes was having to prove that long passwords are just as good or better than complex passwords. Today, in a vacation edition of ...