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eschwartz · 02-07-2016, 05:05 PM

I am not saying you are stupid.

I was commenting in response to Cinisajoy -- I said that while it is true many places have an 8-20 character restriction, they warn you of that fact.

Doing proper error checking is ALWAYS necessary.

Given that few people use 50+ characters, I am not completely flabbergasted that the handling for such cases has a bug... but again, I still don't think it is fair to accuse me saying that it is your fault, merely because I said it is unnecessary to use passwords of that length.

I hope I am still allowed to wander in the direction of vaguely, ever-so-slightly offtopic? It is customary in these parts, after all.

02-07-2016, 05:05 PM	#9
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I am not saying you are stupid. I was commenting in response to Cinisajoy -- I said that while it is true many places have an 8-20 character restriction, they warn you of that fact. Doing proper error checking is ALWAYS necessary. Given that few people use 50+ characters, I am not completely flabbergasted that the handling for such cases has a bug... but again, I still don't think it is fair to accuse me saying that it is your fault, merely because I said it is unnecessary to use passwords of that length. I hope I am still allowed to wander in the direction of vaguely, ever-so-slightly offtopic? It is customary in these parts, after all.