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What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system?? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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It's infuriating to create a "strong password" with letters, numbers, upper and lowercase, symbols, and non-repeating text... but it has to be only 8 to 16 characters long.

That's not a "strong" password, random characters or not.

Is there a limitation that somehow prevents these sites from allowing more than 16 characters?

I'm talking government websites, not just forums. It seems crazy to me.

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[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, imagine my shock and disappointment when encountering such limitations signing up for credit monitoring (by one of the big 3). It's not enough that my employer has a breach, no. But also finding out that one of the big players has some ridiculous 12 character alphanumeric password restriction. Absolute dogshit.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

A random 12-character password should take years to crack. But they're probably also storing it as plaintext, so no need to crack, just breach the DB (which is probably also insecure).

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