4 requirements for USPS account password on their website and mobile apps:
- Your password must be at least 8 characters
- Must contain at least one uppercase, one lowercase letter and one number
- Can’t contain username
- Can’t contain more than 2 repeat characters in a row
Allowed special characters ().&@?’,/”+!
USPS Password Tips
- Do not use family member names or other information easily discovered about the user (e.g., license plate number, phone number, birth date, and street name).
- Do not use commonly used words such as words that appear in the dictionary or Postal Service terminology.
- Do not use all the same characters or digits or other commonly used or easily guessed formats.
- Use longer password conventions whenever possible (e.g., pass-phrases and run-on multiword strings).
- Do not use all the same characters or digits or other commonly used or easily guessed formats, such as: a1a1a1a1 or 123d123d.
- To remember your passwords and make them stronger, instead of thinking in terms of pass ‘words’, think in terms of ‘phrases’, where your password is a short phrase separated by special characters or numbers. Examples would be: Kick_the_can1; 4Jump-the-shark4; and Ocean5Sunset.
- Use industry best practices (such as banking, FICAM) to determine allowable passwords.
Rating
We rate USPS password requirements strength with 5 of 5 locks.
