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The functions performed by the person or processes responsible for security of passwords on a given system.

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Should a bank be able to shorten your password without your involvement?

Most likely the bank always used just 20 characters. As Affe already suggested in the comments, the simplest explanation is that nothing has actually changed in the way the bank stores the passwords. …
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