alb_004@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNo more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UKwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down16cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workspulse_of_truth@infosec.pubunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 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-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months agoit’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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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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