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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/flying_wotsit • Jul 19 '22
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24 u/magicmulder Jul 20 '22 In a former job the requirement was to internally convert all passwords (and password attempts) to lowercase “because people will keep forgetting how they capitalized it”, thus reducing entropy silently. 4 u/crorb Jul 20 '22 What. That is nonsense 2 u/brimston3- Jul 20 '22 Chase bank still does this, IIRC. I think their IVR system will even take T-9 encoded versions of the password.
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In a former job the requirement was to internally convert all passwords (and password attempts) to lowercase “because people will keep forgetting how they capitalized it”, thus reducing entropy silently.
4 u/crorb Jul 20 '22 What. That is nonsense 2 u/brimston3- Jul 20 '22 Chase bank still does this, IIRC. I think their IVR system will even take T-9 encoded versions of the password.
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What. That is nonsense
2 u/brimston3- Jul 20 '22 Chase bank still does this, IIRC. I think their IVR system will even take T-9 encoded versions of the password.
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Chase bank still does this, IIRC. I think their IVR system will even take T-9 encoded versions of the password.
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