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by koheripbal 929 days ago
That would not have protected 23andme from this issue. Password complexity does not stop password reuse.
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I'm only suggesting password complexity as a compromise so that websites wouldn't need to implement OAuth. (Do you have a better comprise ?)

Password complexity encourages the use of password managers. They in turn remove the need to reuse passwords.