American Express used to require 6-8 alphanumerics. No more, no less. Fortunately they've upped this to... I think something like 20 characters. Look, I get th

American Express used to require 6-8 alphanumerics. No more, no less. Fortunately they've upped this to... I think something like 20 characters. Look, I get that there are other safety factors (I pray) in place to prevent someone from hacking my account (most commonly in the form of login-attempt limits), but that's absolutely no reason to stop me from making my password longer and more complex. If I want my door to have a deadbolt _and_ a chain lock I expect a damn good explanation if someone tells me I can't.