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

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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. pulvinar · 1790984896 · focus · HN ↗
  Don't be so hard on them. Their COBOL program is probably limited to 80 character records, so they'll fit on a punched card.

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