@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoNo more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UKwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@ZikejilinkEnglish24•2 months agoThe law is for devices that come out of the box with a weak default. Like buying a wifi hotspot where the default is “admin123” would be bad. The default being random and printed on a label in the device is probably what this is aiming to usher in.
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink3•2 months agoit’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a default that wasn’t random or a unique pass phrase
The law is for devices that come out of the box with a weak default. Like buying a wifi hotspot where the default is “admin123” would be bad. The default being random and printed on a label in the device is probably what this is aiming to usher in.
it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a default that wasn’t random or a unique pass phrase
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