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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always wonder if such choices come from incompetent IT, or if IT wants to do things better but is banging their heads against corporate owners who think “more hassle = more secure”.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's almost certainly that writing security standards for an organization takes time and needs approval from high up. And someone high up complaining that they only just revised them to include special characters.