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Justsignedup
on May 14, 2014
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Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q ...
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omg crappy sites that don't do more than store a grocery shopping list have better security.
mikeash
on May 14, 2014
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Crappy sites that don't do more than store a grocery shopping list haven't been in continuous operation for five decades.
chris_wot
on May 14, 2014
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Given that the web is only really 35 years old, that's a truism.
mikeash
on May 15, 2014
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Nothing says that legacy systems which are on the internet today can't have started out well before the internet. The legacy system that JetBlue is dealing with in this case has, in fact, been in continuous operation for over five decades.
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