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

66 points · 99 comments · tanin

  1. coaksford · · 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. pphysch · · focus · HN ↗
      Probably PCI and other regulations making it difficult to use and thus learn good software, so they develop entire ecosystems in-house
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