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		l-p on June 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK government's password checker sends plaintext p... Well, how would they fit the passwords in the database if there was no limit? =)

joshstrange on June 4, 2014 | [–]

Please tell me this is sarcasm [0]. I assume from the emoticon that it is.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

sbov on June 4, 2014 | [–]

Just truncate to the first 10 characters of course.

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