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Old Mar 28, 2014 | 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by javabytes
I can't think of a website offhand that allows more than 5 bad logins before a lockout. 5 is very common, even 3 in some cases.
Yep. Some airline and hotel sites, never mind banks, allow two tries and lockout on the third.

There are utilities out there to "remember" passwords - and even some that assign very difficult to crack passwords and keep them in a protected file.

We value our members' privacy, and I doubt too many will try a brute force attack on FT - your bank, maybe.
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