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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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[โ€“] cron@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh that's evil.

[โ€“] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Ive seen an account creation or password reset that let's you do any length password, but the actual login page has a character limit.