Why aren’t there universal parameters for online passwords?

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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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Anonymous 0 Comments

Because there’s so many web services that you’d need everyone to reporgram them. Not that it would be hard.

We more or less have a standard. Its 8 characters minimum with alfanumeric ( upper and lower)

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