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.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    A random 12-character password should take years to crack. But they’re probably also storing it as plaintext, so no need to crack, just breach the DB (which is probably also insecure).