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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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[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All of them do this where I'm based. 4 to 6 digits is common.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I'm talking about online banks. Not even worth engaging with the others.