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nvgrw 2 days ago

Every time I log into the FTB (CA tax authority) website I have to set a new password. I wish there were some affirmative guidance to stop doing this because at the moment governments still think forcing password changes makes it “safer”.

dragonwriter 2 days ago | parent [-]

> I wish there were some affirmative guidance to stop doing this because at the moment governments still think forcing password changes makes it “safer”.

NIST SP 800-63B-4 [0] seems to be pretty clear “affirmative guidance”, though its only actually legally required in certain circumstances.

[0] https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html @ 3.1.1.2: “[...] Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT require subscribers to change passwords periodically. However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence that the authenticator has been compromised. [...]”