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by anal_reactor 303 days ago
Not to mention situations where I specifically don't want security. Like:

> your password must be at least 20 characters long, contain mixed-case letters, digits, five kanji, and at least one byte that isn't a valid UTF-8 codepoint

> but I'm setting up a small VM on my private PC to run a script that scrapes porn

> DID I FUCKING STUTTER

> ok ok I'm sorry calm down

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The worst are forms that don't tell you there are complexity requirements until they're submitted.
Recently I managed to register an account with a password that the login page rejects. I had to hack the frontend script just to log in. And it's my insurance company.