Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long

• 4grams@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’m up to 40 hide my addresses for that same reason. Figure if the password sucks, at least the email can be unique and obscure.

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  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just use a catch-all email domain. It’s functionally similar to a hide-my-email address, except the email addresses are much easier to read and remember.

    Every single email that hits my domain goes to the same inbox. So Target@{my domain} and Walmart@{my domain} both hit the same inbox. And if I start seeing spam addressed to Target@{my domain} then I know Target sold my info. I can easily filter everything to that address straight to spam, with the exception of any senders ending in “@target.com”

    It means my shit gets automatically sorted into neat little folders before it ever even hits my inbox. I can still get the birthday coupons, while all of the spam quietly vanishes into the spam inbox abyss.

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    • 4grams@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I had delusions of trying to keep track of which address is sold by who which is why I did the hide my email addresses. But I’ve always kept separate personal and spam accounts. This was my attempt at combining to a single account.

      xkcd.com/927/

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    • sudneo@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I used to do this, but then why revealing even my domain. I have bitwarden integrated with simplelogin, and I get service_garbage@aliasdomain.tld

      This way I can easily filter with prefix matching (if I want to), but don’t reveal anything at all about me. Also much easier to be consistent, block senders etc. Plus, I can send emails from all those addresses if I ever need (e.g., support).

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    168. Don’t hold back - everything gets a unique email address, a generated password, unique username and profile info.

    It’s only the damn phone number that can be used to connect my data. Can’t do anything about that.

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    • 4grams@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a google voice number for that. Most things no longer accept it though.

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• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Meh, if they lock you out after X attempts, then 6 digits is fine. Hell, even 4 digits is fine if they have a lockout-policy.

  Do they have a limit on attempts?

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  • RaccoonBall@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So long as attempts aren’t per IP and or ipv6 isn’t allowed

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    • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And as long as they don’t have an unknown database leak, negating the attempt limit.

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