He should have said a short length limit, it's still recommended to have a length limit of some sort (I think 64 is the official recommendation) to prevent people from doing shit like pasting the entire Shrek script as a password (because you KNOW some people will lol)

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, that means they don't like DoS attacks.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Does anyone like being on a receiving end of those?

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they could also check that length with Javascript in the browser. Dont know, you should ask the devs.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

You are right and that's exactly what happens in your 16 char example.