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Password length requirement (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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] 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"correct horse battery staple" is for your password manager password. The regular passwords for services should be random character gibberish.

Edit: to be clear, though, I'm not excusing their failure to allow >16 characters of gibberish.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Obligatory link https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png