lifehacker has started a series of posts on choosing and using secure passwords. Few days ago they published a list of handy tips from their readers on how to create passwords you can rely on. One of the readers admitted that in a company he works for IT administrators require password change every 30 days and

it just results in workers picking the easiest password that meets the requirements – as in a MM/YYYY-style password.

Sounds like it’s time to rethink password policies. What are your ideas?