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by ChrisGranger 3684 days ago
It's astounding to me that some sites still limit passwords to such a small number of characters. "Security? We're not even trying."
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Even stupider are sites that require exactly N characters. Also, they usually pick small N for that as well.
I know a local bank that limits password lengths to exactly 7, and the contents of the passwords to ONLY DIGITS. I can't imagine how many users are going to just use their phone number.