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Re:Man who made passwords hard regrets rules that 'drive peo... by frik on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:35AM (#14976395)
Apple iTunes/Apple ID pwd rules is really annoying.

Microsoft online service incl (based still on the decades old 1997's Hotmail login system is archaic) has an upper limit of 8 (or so) chars. (Office365/Outlook.com/etc)

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Re:Man who made passwords hard regrets rules that 'drive peo... by shavingspiders on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:44AM (#14976455)
What? That's incorrect - I've recently had 1Password change my Outlook.com password, and it's much more than 8 characters.
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