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Re:Show HN: A compilation of websites with dumb password rules by Encrust6221 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:17AM (#34804057)
> BBVA

> Username is your national ID (easy to find) and your password must have up to 6 alphanumeric characters only.

Insanity. How is a system like that remotely acceptable?

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Re:Show HN: A compilation of websites with dumb password rules by Maken on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:07AM (#34804795)
Many banks in Spain have the same exact restrictions. My guess is somebody sold the same shitty COBOL backend to everyone back in the 60s, and they keep running it with different HTML layers slapped on top.
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