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This practice is not recommended anymore, yet still found in many enterprises.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Forever is vulnerable to phishing attacks, same reason why monthly is getting discouraged. Monthly is weaker because the average person does slight variation, which attackers LOVE.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Frequent password changes don't protect against phishing.

And while a high frequency like monthly changes will probably result in even weaker passwords, also yearly changes will make people choose weak passwords.