Passwords

3 years ago by 8tpercent to c/technology

We've all been there.

SevenDigitCode 33 points 3 years ago

My favorite, though, is:

types in password "Password incorrect" goes to reset password "please enter a new password" types in password "your new password cannot be the same"

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stephen01king 6 points 3 years ago

That just means you entered it wrong the first time.

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stepone 12 points 3 years ago

It often means that one could have derived the correct password from the set of rules - but those rules are not shown when asking for the old password

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mycelium_underground 9 points 3 years ago

i have had this happen on some websites occasionally while using my password manager.

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tony 6 points 3 years ago

Sometimes it means the page checking the password is following a different ruleset eg. the main page is case sensitive and the change password page isn't. Sometimes it's stuff like the entered password is silently truncated to a fixed number of characters and because of that won't let you log in. Sometimes it's wierd character expansions being passed directly to the password checking routine (& or similar).

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