mcx808

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[–] mcx808@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Once upon a time it was a recommended best practice both by NIST and Microsoft if I recall. Both deprecated that practice years ago but most a lot of institutional inertia keeps it going, plus industry standards based on that time that don’t update as often perpetuate the problem.

[–] mcx808@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Messages on OSX (pre-iMessage) supported ICQ and jabber too if I remember.