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"TIP: You can use special characters..." "Wait, no, not those, they would break our software." (i.ibb.co)
submitted 12 hours ago by to c/softwaregore@lemmy.world
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https://konto.zssk.sk/zk/new#step1

Also, it only seems to show "Strong password" if any of these characters is used: !@#$%^&*, and not other special characters.

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[–] 39 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

That and maximum character limits of 12-20 are insane to me

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  • [–] 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

    How large is the file a password is stored on? Can't be more than a few kB. You could probably store the plaintext passwords of literally every Facebook account on one reasonably sized hard disk. There's no reason we couldn't use 500-character passwords if we wanted. A handful of my passwords are over 1,000 characters.

    I'd reckon extreme length is much more effective for security than special characters. I'd reckon

    1TimewhenIwasatBandCamp,Istuckafluteinmyflutecase

    is significantly more secure than any password 8 characters in length for any aspiring flautist.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    One of the most egregious cases of password length requirements I’ve ever experienced was for the Shinkansen booking website. Now, I acknowledge that it was probably possible to enter hiragana, katakana, or kanji, but for everyone that depends on the Latin alphabet the possible entropy for the password would be abysmal. The maximum password length is

    Tap for spoiler8

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  • [–] 5 points 3 hours ago

    One of the big four banks in Australia (Westpac) used to limit you to a password of EXACTLY 6 characters, case insensitive. Another one (NAB) required 6 to 8 characters, case insensitive, with NO special characters.

    Thankfully they've both changed these limits.

    NAB no longer has a length limit, and they're actually planning on completely removing passwords in favour of passkeys. Westpac allow up to 30 characters now.

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