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What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system??

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    • What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system??

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  • No. If you're salting and hashing your passwords, you're doing it wrong.

    We have password specific memory hard functions like argon that you should be using

    • What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system??

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  • Probably so they don't get fired for implementing a DoS vector

    • What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system??

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  • NIST recommended to never have passwords expire since like 3 decades. You gotta get rid of that. It makes your org less secure.

    Probably best to just fire whoever set that up. They're clueless

    • What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system??

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  • They shouldn't be using salted hashes since a decade or more. Best is to use a memory hard password hash function like argon

    • ‘The same rights as any other’: Court rules children can have three, four parents

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  • Good news, but sad it took until 2025 for us to get here. And I hope its not actually limited to just 4 parents. These arbitrary limits need to end.

    • ‘The same rights as any other’: Court rules children can have three, four parents

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  • So you're saying I should become a serial monogamist and I can collect child support from 4 people now?

    • ‘The same rights as any other’: Court rules children can have three, four parents

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  • Polyamory*

    • Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in ‘major announcement’

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  • Does this apply to ore?

    • Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in ‘major announcement’

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  • Is this article really 1 sentence long? Wtf

    • Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in ‘major announcement’

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  • Does Pittsburgh still produce Steel?

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  • Depends what materials you're recycling. Glass and plastic both require virgin material, else you'd get garbage out.

    • Should childhood vaccinations be mandatory? Almost 70% of Canadians think so, according to a new poll

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  • Lots of indigenous aren't happy to be forced to be vaccinated by their colonial rulers.

    They would claim their spirtial beliefs and culture should exempt them. Else its further oppression

    • The Gmail app will now create AI summaries whether you want them or not

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  • Tuta doesn't do email encryption for non Tuta users. Proton is the best choice

    • Should childhood vaccinations be mandatory? Almost 70% of Canadians think so, according to a new poll

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  • First Nations might not be happy with what you're suggesting

    • We need a slur for people who blindly copy LLM outputs

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  • What's the difference?

    • US hikers reported a death. But they imagined it while high on mushrooms

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  • This was a ranger, not police. But they might have had to hike out for a few days, so its definitely a non trivial effort

    • US hikers reported a death. But they imagined it while high on mushrooms

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  • Aww third guy was camping alone after that :(

    • Trump on Cancer-Ridden Biden: ‘I Really Don’t Feel Sorry for Him’

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  • I just hope he makes it to prison before he dies

    • Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluoride, study finds

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  • You mean State neglect. Toothpaste should be free if you're poor

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