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		DanBC on Aug 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yes, I was hacked. Hard. Are they actually using all that password length, or are they just allowing people to enter long passwords and truncating them?

carey on Aug 4, 2012 [–]

I've used a system at work that truncates passwords when setting them, but not when checking them. It doesn't fill me with confidence.

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