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Re:Ebay posts every character a user types into the password... by whiskeySix on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @12:09PM (#12002584)
any clientside validation can easily be bypassed using something like fiddler.
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Re:Ebay posts every character a user types into the password... by FabHK on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @07:50PM (#12005711)
Password strength checking is (properly understood, in my view) providing help to the user, not enforcing some silly and annoying "password validation" rules.
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