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Password length requirement (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cron@feddit.org to c/cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world

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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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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My favorite was "Your password must begin with a letter"

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Otherwise our database may misinterpret it as a number when we store it in pain text"

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 18 points 3 months ago

pain text

Accidentally accurate