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Yep, and last I checked (earlier this year I believe), there’s still a 14-character length limit on the MS account password. My bank’s better than that for cryi

by oefrha 7y ago

Yep, and last I checked (earlier this year I believe), there’s still a 14-character length limit on the MS account password. My bank’s better than that for crying out loud. Forget diceware or any other sane scheme, say hello to random hard-to-type punctuation characters. And now you’re forced to use that as your computer password too, which you probably have to type multiple times a day. (Okay, thankfully local account is still possible.)

Santosh83 7y ago
This isn't the case with me. My MS a/c (which is also my Windows login a/c) has a 44 character password.
a254613e 7y ago
Are you talking about online microsoft account or something windows specific? Because that's not true, my password has been 40+ characters for a long time and I change it pretty often. For local login you can use a PIN, or set up windows hello, if you don't want to type in the long password every time.
- oefrha 7y ago
  > Are you talking about online microsoft account or something windows specific? I'm talking about the Microsoft online account, and I stand by my statement that I was limited to 14 characters until relatively recently (maybe not earlier-this-year recent, that part I'm not sure). Looking at my Microsoft password history, I've changed it five times since 2012 (when I started using a password manager), each one is 14 characters long; the last change was done in 2016. I've been using 32+ character passwords wherever possible since 2012, so the only reason I was using 14 characters for Microsoft was because of the artificial limit imposed on me. And I did check a few times after 2016 to confirm the limit. Anyway, I just tried to change the password again and this time I was warned that my Microsoft and Skype accounts would be merged if I carried through with the password change, so something did change after I last checked. > For local login you can use a PIN, or set up windows hello, if you don't want to type in the long password every time. I'm aware, but I don't consider a PIN secure, and I don't think Windows Hello is an option for most desktop workstations.
  - WorldMaker 7y ago
    I've got more than a passing suspicion the 16 character limitation for Microsoft Accounts was a compatibility need with Windows XP, because the restriction was fixed almost exactly as soon as Windows XP finally hit EOL.
will4274 7y ago
> last I checked (earlier this year I believe), there’s still a 14-character length limit on the MS account password It was 16 chars. And it hasn't been true since 2016.
wbkang 7y ago
As many people said already you can use longer passwords.

by oefrha 7y ago

Santosh83 7y ago

This isn't the case with me. My MS a/c (which is also my Windows login a/c) has a 44 character password.

a254613e 7y ago

Are you talking about online microsoft account or something windows specific? Because that's not true, my password has been 40+ characters for a long time and I change it pretty often. For local login you can use a PIN, or set up windows hello, if you don't want to type in the long password every time.

oefrha 7y ago
> Are you talking about online microsoft account or something windows specific? I'm talking about the Microsoft online account, and I stand by my statement that I was limited to 14 characters until relatively recently (maybe not earlier-this-year recent, that part I'm not sure). Looking at my Microsoft password history, I've changed it five times since 2012 (when I started using a password manager), each one is 14 characters long; the last change was done in 2016. I've been using 32+ character passwords wherever possible since 2012, so the only reason I was using 14 characters for Microsoft was because of the artificial limit imposed on me. And I did check a few times after 2016 to confirm the limit. Anyway, I just tried to change the password again and this time I was warned that my Microsoft and Skype accounts would be merged if I carried through with the password change, so something did change after I last checked. > For local login you can use a PIN, or set up windows hello, if you don't want to type in the long password every time. I'm aware, but I don't consider a PIN secure, and I don't think Windows Hello is an option for most desktop workstations.
- WorldMaker 7y ago
  I've got more than a passing suspicion the 16 character limitation for Microsoft Accounts was a compatibility need with Windows XP, because the restriction was fixed almost exactly as soon as Windows XP finally hit EOL.

will4274 7y ago

> last I checked (earlier this year I believe), there’s still a 14-character length limit on the MS account password It was 16 chars. And it hasn't been true since 2016.

wbkang 7y ago

As many people said already you can use longer passwords.