Hi There,
Just a rant, nothing more. I know the solution.
I like Linux (Fedora in particular) because my computer doesn't tell me
what I can and can not do - I tell the computer what to do.
Today, I decide to change my own user password into something that's
easier to type (through the settings -> user accounts dialogue). Lovely
feature has this thing; I want to set on my own computer a password of my
liking, and I am in charge of that, okay? Stupid machine!
"Error: The password is too simple, please choose another one!"
Well fark me! Me not liking that at all. This computer holds few important
things, this computer is under lock and key - it's harder to get to it
than to crack a decent password so why the fark would I want a difficult
password???
I understand the rationale behind this error message, but I don't believe
it's the government's duty to protect the stupid from harm. If you
willingly go against all common sense and die, well - it's your own stupid
farking fault. And so I don't believe the dev's of Fedora, or Gnome, or
anyone else is responsible for people dumb enough to stick an easy to
guess password in their bank account. If I lose my money because my
password is too easy to hack, there's nobody to blame but me.
Advice is great; thank you ("Users and Groups" dialogue) for warning me
that my password is too weak - do you really want to take that risk? Yes,
please - my own responsibility.
Anyway, there is an easy workaround. And this is the first thing I
encounter in F17 that irks me. For the rest - I absolutely adore it. Love
it. Great. Everything is getting better all the time.Thank you for this
great OS, with a feature built in to protect people who are too stupid to
own a computer.
I mean, if you're smart enough to step away from Windoze and are able to
familiarize yourself with any flavour of Linux, I'm certain you've heard
of clever passwords. If I wanted a nanny, I'd get a sexy one - not a
digital one.
Thank you for reading. Have a good day.
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Roelof Kusters
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