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<input type="password" maxlength="20"> prevents me from logging into Vanguard

66 points · 99 comments · tanin

coaksford · 1790984245 · focus · HN ↗
All my worst experiences with password length have been banking and finance and it boggles my mind that they all get something so incredibly basic so incredibly wrong. What is it about this sector that makes it so?
1. jiggawatts · 1790984690 · focus · HN ↗
  Compliance over action.
  Ass covering instead of responsibility.
  Security theatre, in other words.
  When the consequences for failure are very high but personal reward for success is very low, everyone does everything they can to avoid being held responsible for the consequences.
  Note that I didn’t write “avoid consequences”!
  That’s different.

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