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Old Aug 2, 2015 | 2:32 am
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Originally Posted by economyman
Most airlines never require you to change your password. I have not had to change mine for years and it has never been an issue. Also, LY's password is convoluted with a 4 digit PIN plus 4 letters - a very weird implementation of security.
Overall the approach to web security at banks and other organizations in Israel has been very badly thought through. IME changing one's password regularly increases the security risk rather than reducing it, unless there is a good reason to do so such as a breach.
Agreed 100%. That's what makes the password so annoying as I'm always coming up with something new that satisfies the ridiculous requirements.

For UA, you have a password and PIN. The password and PIN I have have been the same since 2007 at least. Never had any issues whatsoever.

Originally Posted by mikebg
After complaining about the issue, I have recently been told by my (Israeli) bank that they have dropped the requirement to change the password often.
Which bank?!
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