/u/clay_pigeon on Reddit

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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • I appreciate your comment anyway! I didn’t know passwords would be hashed to a consistent length - I can see how that would be more secure.

    I don’t think in the cases that I mentioned, that the hash of my entered/saved/extralong password was being compared to the stored hash they had on file, I think what happened is the input field validation was changed and would no longer allow a password that was valid under their previous rules.


  • I just hate it when a program or website has a MAXIMUM password length, and despise even more when the password requirements/limits aren’t shown on the page. “Failed to update password” WHY!? WHY DID IT FAIL!? Oh, you think 16 characters is enough? Were my extra 70 bytes of storage space hurting your margins?

    I use a password manager and I’ve twice seen a website not let me in with my saved credentials, and on resetting my account discovering that the maximum password length is now shorter than the password I have been using for months. If you are going to change the password constraints, fine, but you could allow login once and immediately force a password change.


  • I was walking to college and a middle aged guy was sat at the red light in his new Porsche convertible. I have never been interested in Porsches, but I guess he mistook my “is it safe to cross the street” eye contact as deep interest in, and probably jealousy for, his stupid car.

    He started revving behind me, and the instant the light turned green he took off on his left turn and oversteered into a ditch. I’ll never forget how angry he was with his car, as if it were the car’s fault that he was a douchenozzle.