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Password length requirement (feddit.org)
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Last week, I tried to register for a service and was really surprised by a password limit of 16 characters. Why on earth yould you impose such strict limits? Never heard of correct horse battery staple?

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[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago

similarly:

make a new account

use password manager to generate a strong random password

"your password must contain at least one special character (! @ # $ % ^ or &)"

[-] primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

but not 2! and not THAT special character! and...

[-] pixelscript@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I just reset my password with Southwest Airlines today. They had both the stupid 16 character limit and the stupid list of permitted special characters. But they also had the perplexing criterion that the first character of the password specifically couldn't be one of those permitted special characters.

Literally why.

[-] primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

when CEOs make security policy.

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