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Angostura on June 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: LastPass - LinkedIn Password Checker

At least they let you.

My LinkedIn password was also used for a rather old, unimportant POP account. So I went into Viginmedia account settings to change it.

Not only does Virgin enforce a maximum password length of 10 (what?!) this fact also lead me to discover that the company has a profanity filter on its passwords. (Double what!?)

RossM on June 7, 2012 | [–]

What a clbuttic mistake.

thund on June 7, 2012 | [–]

That might be because there are situations where they would ask for your password on the phone... ;-)

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