Over the last few months, I've seen a password strength meter on almost every signup form I've encountered. Password strength meters are on fire. Here's a question: does a meter actually help people secure their accounts? It's less important than other areas of web security, a short sample of which include: Preventing online cracking with throttling or CAPTCHAs. Preventing offline cracking by sele
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