http://lifeisgrand.disqus.com/enFri, 31 Aug 2007 07:11:52 -0000http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2007/08/16/bad-ui-passwords/#comment-1282515I had this the other day on the British Gas website. Frankly I'm not that bothered about that account. If somebody wants to login and pay my gas bill I'm quite happy for them to do so.<br><br>And why do we persist with pass*words*? Why can't we have arbitrary length passphrases - with spaces in.Neil WilsonFri, 31 Aug 2007 07:11:52 -0000http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2007/08/16/bad-ui-passwords/#comment-1282514My pet hate is sites that happily accept my chosen password but refuse to let me login next time I visit. Why is this? I use KeePass Password Safe and have it generate nice cryptic passwords for me. The default length was 16 characters and I have never seen a need to change that. What seems to happen is that some sites restrict password lengths to some number, often ten, and rather than warning you that your chosen password exceeds this, they simply truncate it. It is quite amazing how many sites do this.Steve CraneSat, 25 Aug 2007 15:48:19 -0000