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What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system?? (lemmy.ca)

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It's infuriating to create a "strong password" with letters, numbers, upper and lowercase, symbols, and non-repeating text... but it has to be only 8 to 16 characters long.

That's not a "strong" password, random characters or not.

Is there a limitation that somehow prevents these sites from allowing more than 16 characters?

I'm talking government websites, not just forums. It seems crazy to me.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Just use a password manager. No need to remember anything besides your master password. That works for pretty much everything, except I guess computer logins.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Well yes everyone should use a password manager but some people can't load a password manager onto their work computer and therefore are more likely to use non-random passwords. It's easier to remember a passphrase than a random password.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Fortunately, we force everyone to use a password manager at my company. SSO all the things!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

We got SSO systems too, unfortunately, there are about 3 of them, lol. The old ADFS, the current Microsoft login (possibly cloud AD, not sure), and our own ID product that we offer to customers.

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