[dendory]

Password rules are needed, otherwise passwords would be even worse than they are now, with people going back to using '1' or '1234'. They just need to be better designed:

Must have at least 16 chars, OR Must have at least 8 chars with 1 number, 1 letter, 1 symbol, AND Must not have more than 3 repeating characters

[JoeAltmaier]

I think the rest of this thread, and the OP, have been systematically refuting that claim.