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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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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (17 children)

worst i've seen is 8 characters. precisely 8 characters, no more no less........ it was for a bank ....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

No no, not 8 characters, 8 numerical characters!

[–] JackbyDev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whoa whoa whoa, did you use two of the same number in a row? Insecure!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Is that a sequence? No way, José!

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