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Re:Opensubtitles.org breached – Email addresses, IP addresse... by GordonS on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:40AM (#29993496)
The number of sites that restrict passwords to 20 characters drives me nuts!

There needs to be a limit, yes, but surely something like 100 characters, or even 50, would be more sensible.

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Re:Opensubtitles.org breached – Email addresses, IP addresse... by BlueTemplar on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @09:14AM (#29993798)
And it's the same websites that tend to use the bad practice of forcing the use of 2-4 "types" of characters...
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