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Password length requirement
(feddit.org)
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?
Could be (probably still is) running COBOL. It's a combination of "if it works and costs money to upgrade, why change" but mostly "if we migrate one thing it will break five other things".
Yep, that sounds like old bank tech to me