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  • Yet Another Reason For Password Variety (February 2, 2010)

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Amex Password Policies Declared Brain-Dead

I was reminded today of a problem I noticed long ago: American Express's policies for passwords for their customer logins require weak passwords: I quote:Your Password should:Contain 6 to 8 characters - at least one letter and one number (not case sensitive)Contain no spaces or special characters (e.g., &, >, *, $, @)Be different from your User ID and your last PasswordClick the nearby image to see it also. Then I saw on twice-refried news that the author there complained to Amex about this and got a ...

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