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Re:Two Canadian banks say accounts compromised: CIBC 40,000 ... by wcdolphin on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:14AM (#17179873)
What is wrong with stopping people from reusing the same password? It can be done securely using the same storage mechanism as passwords, ie storing hashes only.
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Re:Two Canadian banks say accounts compromised: CIBC 40,000 ... by UnFleshedOne on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:44PM (#17180796)
The point was that the system knew his too-long password and the password was correct, just being suddenly rejected on the frontend, unlike what support said.
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