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On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 14:33 -0500, Phil!Gregory wrote: > A while back I tried to create a web account for Verizon. They set some > complexity minimums--at least six characters, at least one digit--so, > given that, and because it was for my phone account and involves at least > semi-access to financial information, I tried to put a decent password > in. It failed. Apparently, they have complexity *maximums*, too; only > alphanumeric characters are allowed. Hate. > > As a separate hate, they also didn't like my putting a plus sign in my > email address. But that's an already well-established hate. I regularly use a password with a profanity in it, and I actually once had a site refuse to let me use this password. They actually went to the trouble to check that my _password_, which would (theoretically) never even be available in a readable format, for profanity. Astounding. I spent a solid couple of minutes trying to imagine the mindset of the programmer who built that functionality. I failed miserably. -- The leader of Jamestown was "John Smith" (not his real name), under whose direction the colony engaged in a number of activities, primarily related to starving. -- Dave Barry, "Dave Barry Slept Here" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://config.sage.orgThere's stuff above here
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