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"Microsoft Account passwords also appear to still be restricted to a mere 16 characters." I've used 26+ character passwords for at least 2 years
by Zekio 10y ago
"Microsoft Account passwords also appear to still be restricted to a mere 16 characters."
I've used 26+ character passwords for at least 2 years
- tdb7893 10y agoAre they meaningfully more secure than 16 character ones?
- Zekio 10y agoI use random words, that I can type fast, with characters replaced with other characters or added characters in the words
- hdhzy 10y ago16 char passwords provide around 30 bits of entropy while 30 char passwords give you 46 bits of entropy according to old NIST pdf [0]. [0]: http://csrc.nist.gov/archive/pki-twg/y2003/presentations/twg-03-05.pdf http://csrc.nist.gov/archive/pki-twg/y2003/presentations/twg...
- Markoff 10y agoi changed my MS accoutn password to 20characters just months ago and it works fine, so have no idea what they are talking about, it's not like dumb paypal which didn't allow me same password and cut it at 19