Hotmail updated the security system of the service, prohibiting users from choosing simple passwords

In general, despite the huge number of users who work with Gmail, quite a lot of people use other email services, including Hotmail. The latter is really popular, and Hotmail developers are trying to implement updates to the interface and the overall functionality of the service. So, the other day was followed by a security update, which includes two important updates. The first one prohibits users from registering passwords like “12345678”, the second one allows them to notify the administration about a hacked account.

In general, the problem of weak passwords, apparently, will never cease to be relevant, and “password”, “09876543” and other similar passwords will be used for a very long time. But - no longer on Hotmail, a service that checks the password entered by the user, and asks to change your password if it does not meet the service security rules.
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This update has affected all mailer users, including those who have just started the registration procedure. It would be nice if other services, not only email, would prohibit their users to use weak passwords. Moreover, the prohibition should be a prohibition, and not a notification of the type “and maybe, nevertheless, you change the password 1111 to something more complicated?”.

But that is not all. In addition to prohibiting the use of unpretentious passwords, Hotmail also added the item “My friend's been hacked!” To the menu used to work with individual letters in the mailbox. Earlier in this menu there were only items “Unread”, “Read”, “Flagged”, “Unflagged”. Then the item “Phishing scam” appeared, and finally “My friend's been hacked!”. The last item, if you selected it, will automatically trigger, and a friend whose mail was hacked will be notified about this next time they log on to Hotmail. After notification, your friend will need to restore their rights.

Via Dvice + Engadget