Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters

[Doctor Q]

Why doesn't Mac OS X have helpful warning messages like this one?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en;276304​

Longer passwords are certainly more secure!

 

[xUKHCx]

"and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords"

It'll also help improve memory.

 

[Peace]

Man.Good thing my passwords are only 12,544 characters long!

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Well, it could be worse: What if you needed 18770 different characters...


What puzzles me is: why 18770?

 

[Doctor Q]

What puzzles me is: why 18770?

It looks kinda like a l33t-speak word but I'm not sure that helps.

 

[Doctor Q]

Apple's password article is much less interesting.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Apple's password article is much less interesting.

Yeah, like UW1llBvv3lc0meD; is the first thing any 1337 haxxor would try...? Even if they did write it down there...

Nah... my favourite password, courtesy of Dogbert/Scott Adams, is simply ******.