Several readers of late have noticed that after entering an eight-character password in Mac OS X (for an installer, or other activities), any extra characters typed will be ignored. This effectively ...

I was trying to connect one of my finance sites to a mint.com-like service. It was failing. I got an email from support saying that, "` (back quote on the ~ key), \ , < , or > ? Note that most ...

With regard to yesterday's item detailing Mac OS X's effective limitation of passwords to eight characters, several readers speculate that the problem may be more of a simple quirk than a true ...

There is a reason why most services ask for a specific number of characters for passwords, and even specific types of characters. If you’ve ever wondered why, well, a cybersecurity firm, Hive Systems, ...

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Password-manager purveyor LastPass has announced it's setting new rules about the strength of customer passwords, with a new mandate that account master passwords include a minimum of 12 characters. A ...