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run4yourlives on Dec 14, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Dirty Truth About Web Passwords

And that site will more than likely be your bank to boot.

sjs on Dec 14, 2010 [–]

I have a feeling that some old bank software has fixed size fields and that's we get ridiculous maximum lengths on bank passwords.

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