In password security, the longer the better. With a password manager, using more than 24 characters is simple. Unless, of course, the secure password is not accepted due to its length. (In this case, through STOVE.)

Possibly indicating cleartext storage of a limited field (which is an absolute no-go), or suboptimal or lacking security practices.

  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    There was a game launcher for a popular game that required a minimum of 8 characters but only used the first 8 characters and it wasn’t case sensitive. So something like PassWord12345!? could be entered when changing the password, but you could sign in with any of the following:

    • password1234
    • PassWord123499(#$%
    • Password12345!?
    • passWord12345!
    • pASSword12345?!
    • PassWord123499(#$%
    • password

    I haven’t logged in for years so I’m not sure if it is still working that way.