Passwords

Asking AI About Password Length - Part 1

Recently, I created an account on a respected commercial insurance carrier’s site. The site restricted passwords to a maximum of 15 characters.

Password Length Limit
Account Creation Limits Password Length

I know enough about information security to know that this is bad. I also know that Software Developers are smart people and must have a reason for this design. Being curious, I decided to ask our new AI overlords why they think this choice was made by the developer.