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Re:LinkedIn forcing password resets due to Gawker hack by clark on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @10:58AM (#2004533)
LinkedIn is one of the sites that limit the length of your password and what it can maintain. I've emailed their staff many times, and they simply respond that those are the password restrictions.
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Re:LinkedIn forcing password resets due to Gawker hack by nodata on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @11:50AM (#2004737)
Did the staff respond with _why_ those are the password restrictions?
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