I really don't like websites that make me change passwords on a regular basis. It seems to me that it is my responsibility to change them when I determine it important to change rather than when they deem it important.
Today I logged into my Matmid account to find that I need to change the password again. Fine. But now they've made it more complex and less convenient for me. The password now needs to have two parts. The first part needs to be a combination of letters and numbers with at least two letters. The second part must be four numbers which you can also then use as your password for Matmid services by phone. I was quite happy with the two passwords being totally seperate. I was quite happy with my online passwords being a mixture of 8 letters and numbers of my own choosing. Why don't they, and all the other companies with online services, focus on great functionality instead of getting so worked up about how I choose my personal password?
