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>It's 1985 all over again

i think it is even earlier than that:

>Each Zoom conference call is assigned a Meeting ID that consists of 9 to 11 digits.

8 char passwd and 16 digit credit cards came way before 1985.

Never mind, i have committed in memory our daily scrum 9 digit pin code :) Very convenient. And if somebody else were to dial in uninvited into our scrum ... well, it is at their own peril as it carries (especially for a person not hardened by a long tenure at a BigCo) the risk of brain damage, loss of ability to perceive reality as it is, spontaneous suicidal desire, etc.



Most Unix systems had 8 character password limits well into the 90's (a limitation of the original DES-based crypt.)




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