Should Forums Force You To Change Your Password

[JLogan]

I'm on a couple forums that force you to change your password every 90 days. Even though it annoys the heck out of me most of the time, I think its a good idea. What do you think?

 

[xpl0iter]

Its a good idea in terms of security!
But personally I don't like it as I tend to forget the new passwords!

 

[Sam1]

I dislike the idea personally even if it does help security (by forcing a user to change their password making it likely that it isn't the same as their email password).

 

[tunescool]

i cant stand it, i have one password for all my logins so theyre easy to remember. but then i have to remember different ones for whatever site, and i cant remember them, i usually have to just get a new password if its been awhile everytime i login

 

[Shortie]

I have been on numerous forums myself where I have had to do this and as much as it can be a bit of a pain to do this every 90 days or so and I can sometimes get confused with all the password changes I wouldn't fault the owners of the forum for doing it, it adds to the security of the forum which is always needed for any forum.

 

[psychadelicbird]

In terms of security, it's okay. But as a member it will just piss me the fuck off. When I first realize a forum does this, I request in suggestions to remove the feature. If they don't I just leave. It's far too annoying considering that I have to remember passwords for much more important things like bank accounts, e-payment accounts, lots of other forums, and so on. A better suggestion would be including an option to turn on and off the feature. I can deal with that since I won't have to bother with it since I could just disable the feature. But compulsory password change? F-that.

 

[ford1001]

Personally I hate it when forums force this to happen, it really annoys me that I have to constantly be remembering passwords for one site in specific that is different from my other passwords.

 

[wasi90lk]

I do not think forums should force people to change passwords. Some forums forced me to change my passwords before and I really did not like it.

 

[milksheikh]

I don't think they should force you, it should be entirely your choice if you want to keep your password or not.