That’s a shame. It was my reason for uninstalling. I don’t have a password manager on mobile so there is no chance of me remembering such a long password, so it would lead me to either writing it down on paper, or worse, sending it to myself via a messenger so I don’t need to type it in all the time, which I feel in all cases is less secure than having a shorter but more complicated password (maybe about 8 characters).
I’m assuming other users may share my opinion, especially for a genre of app like a messenger, for which it is generally hard to convince people to install as they don’t want to leave their closed WhatsApp playpen.
Maybe a solution which caters for both worlds could be considered: recommend 16 but accept and warn if someone types in a shorter one (with a minimum of 8)?
That’s a shame. It was my reason for uninstalling. I don’t have a password manager on mobile so there is no chance of me remembering such a long password, so it would lead me to either writing it down on paper, or worse, sending it to myself via a messenger so I don’t need to type it in all the time, which I feel in all cases is less secure than having a shorter but more complicated password (maybe about 8 characters).
I’m assuming other users may share my opinion, especially for a genre of app like a messenger, for which it is generally hard to convince people to install as they don’t want to leave their closed WhatsApp playpen.
Maybe a solution which caters for both worlds could be considered: recommend 16 but accept and warn if someone types in a shorter one (with a minimum of 8)?