I have sometimes forgotten passwords, and then I realize it’s an old password that I want. And then I try to put the old password in and it won’t let me.
I realize this is a good security practice, but is this really necessary? For everything important, I use App Authentication codes. I am not worried about someone hacking into my account because it’s not a viable way of stealing anything from me.
Additionally, I use a password for voip that I don’t use elsewhere. It’s just really frustrating and leads to bizarre passwords I can’t remember and it’s a pain.
Can you please reconsider this requirement? It’s frustrating. At this point I need a different password for every subaccount, I can’t use anything I’ve used before, and I’m having to make up weird passwords I’ll never remember and it’s a time waster.
This by far is not the only platform that has this policy.
“I am not worried about someone hacking into my account”
You may not care but others might, so I doubt it will change.
When you are forced to change the password because your forgot or locked out then once it’s changed to the new one, go into your Profile/Preferences/Security and request password reset by email. Then use your old password as the new one. Let us know if it works.
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After my bank account got hacked due to a lousy password and the hackers tried to transfer $100K out of my account, I set about to change Every Single Password I ever had. It took me about 2-3 days of solid work, but it was (obviously) so worth it. I used KeePass to log into every account and change the password to 20 random characters. I never need to remember a weird password because KeePass does it for me. Now it is SO easy to generate and keep track of passwords.
You may have reused an old password from some dormant account somewhere. Big security breaches are a monthly occurrence, and your email and old password could be out there. Here’s a good place to start to see how your email may be affected: HaveIBeenPwned dot com