All this crap is to the point of making our lives more difficult and complicated than easier. I miss the simple, non commercialized internet of the 90s.now I have to change my password every 6 months and can’t use certain characters and two different authentication methods minimum. Spit.
Yeah, and sometimes the authentication method of using your phone is counterintuitive.... like when I lost my phone and had to order a new one... but couldn't get into my carrier account because I had phone verification. Derp.
There is also a trend to insist that (for example on Yahoo) that you have to verify with EVERY recovery email account. I had two out of three account passwords in a document, but since I didn't have the third, screw off buster.
Originally I only needed to prove ONE recovery account.
To illustrate your point, read this actual exchange I had with Windows 11:
WINDOWS: Please enter your new password.
USER: cabbage
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters.
USER: boiled cabbage
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character.
USER: 1 boiled cabbage
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces.
USER: 50goddamedboiledcabbages
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one upper case character.
USER: 50GODDAMNEDboiledcabbages
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively.
USER: 50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon’tGiveMeAccessNow!
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot contain punctuation.
USER: ReallyPissedOff50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one special character, such as @, #, $, or %.
USER: ***ReallyPissedOff50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow
WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot start with a special character.
USER: Really*Pissed*Off*50GoddamnedBoiledCabbagesShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessNow
WINDOWS: Sorry, that password is already in use by another user.
If only that were their motivation!