# Another Iteration Of Password Follies

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-iteration-of-password-follies/733271 "2015-10-02T15:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-iteration-of-password-follies/733271/1 "2015-10-02T15:42:47Z")

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It occurred to me that one of my online passwords was old enough that I really ought to change it, so I found the account-management page and went through the usual drill of “Current Password” “New Password” “New Password 2 Electric Boogaloo”.

I got a “password too short” error message. I was puzzled a moment, seeing how my new password was about a dozen characters long, until I noticed that it was complaining about the _current_ password from back before the length rules were in place. 😕

After spending a moment trying to figure out how to get through a page that would reject my actual current password for being too short and would reject anything else for being too incorrect, I gave up and used the “forgot password - reset” link. :rolleyes: