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"Password Incorrect" (i.imgur.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This makes it easier on the people trying to guess the accounts

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Unless the website has changed it at some point, the password creation rules will be easily accessible just by going to the account creation page. Having it copied to the login page is not going to help people guess your password in any meaningful way.