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Forcing users to periodically change their passwords should go the way of the dodo according to the US government
Perfect. PCGamer123 shall remain forever! Oops...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the latest version of its Digital Identity Guidelines, and (rather fittingly) it's more fiendishly complicated to read than a particularly secure password sequence (via Ars Technica). As a result, we could finally see our passwords lasting longer for a variety of services, giving us plenty of mental headspace to remember important things like sports scores, and the names of those who have wronged us in the past. Forcing users to think up a difficult to remember sequence essentially encourages them over time to become lazy with their choices, making the passwords gradually easier to crack overall.
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