Twitch backs down on 20-character passwords in wake of hacking

Amazon owned gaming website Twitch has backed down on its attempts to force stronger password complexity on its site post-hacking, after multiple complaints from its userbase, according to Forbes.

The site, which allows gamers to stream themselves playing games live for internet viewers, had originally insisted that new passwords be at least 20 characters long, after resetting them as a precautionary measure. Customers took to the company’s social media pages to complain about the difficulty of remembering 20 character passwords, with one user writing on their Facebook page, “if users want to use bad passwords, thats their problem, not yours.”

Twitch backs down on 20-character passwords in wake of hacking