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Re:Ask HN: What are valid reasons for limiting password length? by wikwocket on Saturday November 23, 2013 @12:50AM (#6785393)
Even a "super random" 6-character alphanumeric password is not very secure. A brute force algorithm can try the entire space of 6-character strings very quickly. Hopefully they rate-limit login attempts!
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