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by dzhiurgis 4022 days ago
Yeah that would be nice. I actually think browsers should have this as a feature.

But the problem is that not all websites accept long passwords. My bank wouldn't take longer than 8 characters and doesn't even have a second factor auth.

Office 365 wouldn't accept more than 16 characters. I think it was Paypal who wouldn't take more than 10.

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> My bank wouldn't take longer than 8 characters

Ugh, that is seriously infuriating. Of all the websites I have accounts with, that's the top of my "Shit I care about" list.

Be happy, one of my banks has a 6-digit numeric PIN (I shit you not) as their "security".
Banks also lock the accounts after 3 failed attempts though. The short passwords are to avoid having to deal with phone calls that go something like, "Hello, I forgot my password."
Overlooking 6 characters vs 20 over a shoulder is must easier though.