# Password Rules Are Bullshit

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**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/password-rules-are-bullshit/5033 "2017-03-10T11:20:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/password-rules-are-bullshit/5033/219 "2019-08-31T01:42:36Z")

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What would be the backup plan for someone whose phone ran out of juice before the “ping” arrived?

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