Secure Usernames

We’ve all dealt with web site which have rules (ostensibly to increase security) about having a certain mix of character types in your password. Today however I encountered an entirely new security concept:

Yes, that’s right, this site has invented a whole new idea - the secure username that has to contain both letters and numbers!

Tom Hughes

Tom Hughes
Software Engineer, Developer and system administrator for OpenStreetMap

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