dancing_umbra

joined 1 year ago
[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

There are some places that do use a base 12 number system.

Again, I wasn't defending it, just explaining it.

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I'm not defending it, but it's because 12 has more factors than 10

10 has 2 and 5

But 12 has 2,3,4,6

So 1/2 ft, 1/3 ft, 1/4ft and 1/6 ft all have a whole number of inches

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Episode 1 of Black Mirror Season 6

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It boggles sometimes.

I remember about 2015 (?) In the vicinity anyway, PayPal has a 12 character MAXIMUM on their passwords.

PayPal, you know the place where you can literally transfer all the money. A 12 character MAXIMUM

I emailed them to suggest they change this requirement. And they replied saying that 12 characters was sufficient if you used special characters and numbers.

Glad they have finally changed it now.

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah that really bugs me.

Like come one, "Ma5terp!ece" is more secure than "Regain Refinance Clarify Cuddle9"

Maybe in bizaro world.

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I was changing my password on a pretty big company website the other day.

The password generated by my password manager kept giving me a http error (500 I think)

I generated a new password and deleted all the special characters other than the obvious ones. Boom, worked first time.

So looks like someone is not sanitising their inputs properly.

I sent them an email so hopefully they will fix.

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cool definitely worth a try then.

I will import my passwords from 1password and give the free account a go.

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So bitwarden is £10/month?

1password is like £3/month

I'm guessing that must be at a different subscription level.

Thank you for the really detailed rundown. I might try both for a while and see what I like.

[–] dancing_umbra@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How is bit warden compared to 1password?

I have recently switched to 1passwrd. But it is a paid subscription