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The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, "123456" comes in first (www.techspot.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, i guess that makes some sort of sense - obviously I disagree with the conclusion, but I understand it - but it's beyond frustrating when you think "maybe I'll pay this bill online" and see that limit. And even if that is the reasoning for the limit, if they haven't updated their requirements in all that time, I have little faith that they're storing my sensitive information securely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like most of the sites I’ve seen password limits like this on are financial in nature, where it’s all theatrics - the appearance of security takes precedence over (and in some cases comes at the expense of) actual security.