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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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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I had to make an account the other day with the absolute worst password requirements I've ever seen:

[–] cron 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you know the password game?

The digits in your password must add up to 25.

[–] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but the stakes are higher in Jersey you can get fined or even jail for messing up that password.

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