In password security, the longer the better. With a password manager, using more than 24 characters is simple. Unless, of course, the secure password is not accepted due to its length. (In this case, through STOVE.)

Possibly indicating cleartext storage of a limited field (which is an absolute no-go), or suboptimal or lacking security practices.

  • Kissaki@feddit.orgOPEnglish
    92·
    7 months ago

    The claim was that a limit on passwords implies plaintext storage.

    quoting the post:

    Possibly indicating cleartext storage of a limited field (which is an absolute no-go), or

    It was not a claim that it certainly is plaintext storage. It was claimed to be a possibility. AND provided an alternative explanation.

    Maybe you’re more confident than me in good practices and implementations across all services. But I’ve seen enough to know that’s not always the case. It’s good to be skeptical on anything related to security.

    • x00zEnglish
      310·
      7 months ago

      but this in no way indicates clear text password storage.

      It does.

      No it doesn’t.

      • troed@fedia.io
        63·
        7 months ago

        It does.

        /80’s hacker turned Software Engineer turned Cybersecurity professional

        • x00zEnglish
          27·
          7 months ago

          Lmao.

          As if my title isn’t almost exactly the same.