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[–] 77 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

If your security relies on a password, you will always be anxious that somebody, somewhere, has somehow figured out what it is and already has access to your bank account.

No I won't. All my passwords are something like I0!2b6KJ!eA04WiJ&&MFToCQ7CN*4mvb and each is used for only one thing because I've been using a password manager for over a decade.

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  • [+] -16 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

    I don't think any service allows passwords that long

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  • [–] 17 points 4 weeks ago

    Most do. Source: I usually use passwords that long.

    Maybe 1 in 10 don't, and I find that annoying since 32 characters containing only lowercase real words and spaces has several times as much entropy as 8 characters of random mixed case letters, numbers, and symbols.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    I default to using 128 characters because that's the max for the password generator I use. A surprising amount of accounts are OK with that, like more often than not. I have pared accounts down massively since using a password manager though, and use privacy respecting services when possible, so I may be self selecting here.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    It’s interesting to say more often websites are ok with that length. I do know that some websites truncate passwords so a long 128 character password may end up being a 16 character password and it all still works despite the password being that long.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

    That's why I always click the eye to see it if possible, and log in on another device with the password manager after changing/creating a password. I've only had that happen once or twice though.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    Even if the password box accepts the full string, some sites truncate it in the backend. A good test for this is to try logging in with your full password except for the last character. If that works, keep deleting characters until you can't log in anymore, and then you'll know how many characters it really supports.

    Hopefully nobody still does this, though with the rise of vibecoding, who knows…

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