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Discussion on: Build This Cool Password Checklist with React and CSS

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Thomas Broyer •

Really cool visually, but you may want to find another use case for such a checklist component because such password checklists are considered an antipattern for a few years now.

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Jason Melton • • Edited

Thanks Thomas. This is good to know. I didn't realize. I saw one out on the web and tried to make my own for fun. Why do you think it's considered an antipattern?

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Thomas Broyer •

Those restrictions don't make passwords more secure, annoy everyone, and make using password generators (hence password managers) harder. NIST, NCSC, etc. recommend against them.

See troyhunt.com/passwords-evolved-aut... for example.

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Jason Melton •

That's super interesting. Thanks Thomas. I am updating this blog to reflect your suggestion.