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Hotmail No Longer Accepts Long Passwords, Shortens Them For You

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-that-handy? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft doesn't like long passwords. In fact, the software giant not only won't let you use a really long one in Hotmail, but the company recently started prompting users to only enter the first 16 characters of their password. Let me rephrase that: if you have a password that has more than 16 characters, it will no longer work. Microsoft is making your life easier! You no longer have to input your whole password! Just put in the first 16 characters!" At least they warn you; I've run into some sites over the years that silently drop characters after an arbitrary limit.

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  1. Re:Clearly by mikkelm · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I seem to be the only one who thinks that this strip is complete bullshit. There are so many assumptions, and no accounting for variations.

  2. Re:Why have such short limits? by Obfuscant · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Gosh, I am a human, give me an option to remoderate my miskates, you silly slashdot!

    I never understand this kind of post. If you don't want to moderate an article, don't select anything other than "normal" in the menu for it, and then don't click the "moderate" link at the bottom of the page. It can't be just a "finger slip".

    Oh, wait, I'll bet there's some option you've set so that your moderation actions take effect immediately. Perhaps you ought to change those so you can't mis-moderate with just a finger slip.