How is it 2021 and password parameters are completely site-dependent? Character limits, no special characters/special characters required/only certain special characters, etc. I feel like the various rules makes it more likely people will use bad habits like writing passwords down, or making less complex passwords more likely?
Edit: Upon further discussion in the replies, with many good points being made, I realized my real question should have been: why do some sites set password parameter limitations? I should be able to input a 25-character complex passphrase with letters, numbers, special characters if i want whether it’s for my Netflix account or Bank account. What I don’t understand is my bank being like, “Nah, you can only use 12 characters, and you can’t use @“. That’s my frustration, and was more my questions because I figured there was a technical reason behind it likely.
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A common problem already is for users to use the same password for every site. We’ve all heard plenty of password as the password stories. So it actually makes sense to have separate parameters for each site.
It’s not to protect people that are already security concious. It’s to help prevent the masses from losing all their accounts just because the password for one has been compromised.
Edit: Others have raised the space limitations of password databases as to why they don’t all allow super long pass phrases.
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