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nkriscyesterday at 3:34 PM1 replyview on HN

Yeah, they could force a password update at some point to ensure passwords meet the new requirements.


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rincebrainyesterday at 4:00 PM

You need to not just force the update, but also forbid using pre-updated ones in migration, since someone might conceivably have an off-for-many-years device they wake up and want to migrate.

The long tail of stupid edge cases is very long indeed.