Great post from rsnake; pointing out a Microsoft Research paper (So Long, And No Thanks for the Externalities: The Rational Rejection of Security Advice by Users ) on how security advice often does more harm than good. http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20100317/effectiveness-of-user-training-and-security-products-in-general/ I have always disagreed with password policies. There is no gain to most strict password policies over […]