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Re:Partial password usability sucks by diegorbaquero on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @03:39PM (#19322512)
So they are storing length and hashes of subsets of the password?

You could brute force a subset of 4-5 characters way easier than a 20 characters password.

How is this secure? Anyone care to explain how this adds security?

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Re:Partial password usability sucks by munchbunny on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @08:27PM (#19324818)
It doesn't. It's theater.
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