“Pencil” Reference to wargames of course. Passwords are fundamentally broken. Don’t blame the post it note nor the person making it. Blame the concept of passwords.
IT departments that apply arbitrary constraints to passwords are fundamentally broken. Users that do not use password management, which allows easily creating unique, strong passwords for everything, are using a fundamentally broken workflow.
Obviously you’re not wrong that there were failures on their end in this case. However I stand by my point. Passwords are fundamentally broken. You are just describing secret creation and management which is a attempt at adding a secure layer on top of a broken concept.
Ok, if the system is an isolated system, not accessible via the open internet, but perh via VPN, is the sticker a big issue, if they have decent physical security (i.e. cleaning crew cannot get in there).
This hasn't been authenticated as being real. All we know is that there is an AP image and there is a post it note saying something on the monitor. We don't even know if the enhancement or anything else about it is real.
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[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 33.9 ms ] threadIT departments that apply arbitrary constraints to passwords are fundamentally broken. Users that do not use password management, which allows easily creating unique, strong passwords for everything, are using a fundamentally broken workflow.
I can't speak to the particular console it was sent from, but I would place a modest wager that it's in that same room.
No one did.