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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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[-] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

I had the opposite issue… how the heck do I need a username over 1000 characters? lol

[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Because the requirement was to allow user names, the dev asked what the limit should be, the PM said, “I don’t care, make it 1000”, and so the dev did it.

Source: I’ve been working in software far too fucking long.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

That's some malicious compliance right there! 😂

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