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Password length requirement (feddit.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Makes you wonder if they store the password in plain text, or convert to lower key during your first input so it's at least hashed. I wouldn't be surprised if it's not.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

they store the passwords as filenames on a windows system

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Put a colon in your password and crash the whole system

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

set your password as GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} for infinite money glitch

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