What is up with Adobe's password requirements

Question

Just had to reset my password and the requirements are simply idiotic.
 
Every combination I wanted to use kept flagging it as 'being in my name or email'
 
Turns out, you cannot use the letters of your first or last name... anywhere in your password.
 
qewrtrsgfjkfkj123
 
through up flags because it contained, somewhere in it, those 2 letters.
 
Simply ridiculous and im guessing simply due to very lazy code.

jane-e · Answer

I realize that you did not ask an actual question, just posted a rant about passwords, but I am going to attempt to answer it anyway. I do not work for Adobe, and passwords are one of the things that drive me nuts (which is why I am a fan of 1Password). I just finished my annual security training for the community college where I teach, and was reminded once again how criminals have gotten more sophisticated at cracking passwords. It's something we live with now, and it's important to have secure passwords.

I will ask you the same question I ask myself when I have password trouble on various sites:

Would you rather be p****d at Adobe (or other companies) when you have to set up a complex password and it takes multiple tries?

Or would you rather be p****d at Adobe (or other companies) when your account gets hacked due to a weak password?

In an ideal world, neither would happen.

Here is one website that talks about secure passwords. Remember that Adobe is one of the companies that has had a breach. Security these days is a serious matter.

http://www.noip.com/blog/2013/12/04/9-easy-ways-choose-safe-secure-password/

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