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Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by yosamino on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:43AM (#15920386)
> my bank has a max password length of 12

Look at Mr. PrivateBanking over there, my one is 5. Amount in words : Five.

And that is after they updated all their software and moved to a new datacenter and everything recently.

Granted I have a hardware dongle to authenticate any transactions, but to gain access to all my information, five characters is all the protection they wish to offer...

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Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by aembleton on Thursday December 14, 2017 @04:32AM (#15921006)
Why are you still with them?
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Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by rglullis on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:01AM (#15923289)
In Germany is the same with Sparkasse, the largest retail bank in the country. username + 5 digits is enough to open your bank statements.
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