Especially when getting it wrong a third time means that you have to do the walk of shame to the IT help desk.
or restart and try again (this often works, idk why)
It locks both your smartcard and your user account, there is no way around that.
then shit
New password week for me!
I am in this picture and I do not like it
Now say my Name :)
No.
Just use bitwarden
Just to be clear: there is no reason anybody should be typing a password in 2025, other than maybe their master password for a keyvault. Also, 14 characters is not secure*. It needs to be at least 16, and that’s if you generate it randomly.
Four randomly selected words, XKCD style is also good
- according to Jeremi M Gosney, yer best source for password cracking and defense
Aren’t dictionary bruteforcing really efficient ?
Kind of, but also it doesn’t matter much: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/your-paword-doesnt-matter/731984
In the context of things that rely on passwords for security it matters very much.
The Microsoft blog post that you reference is about their systems which displace that reliance, for both better and worse.
Exactly. I use KeepassXC, but Bitwarden is also good.
oh my lawd does that laptop have two nics?
