What are the rules for creating a username or password?
Your username must:
- be between 8 and 16 characters
- have letters and numbers
- not have
- more than 7 numbers
- any special characters (for example: %, #, @)
Your password must:
- be between 8 and 16 characters
- have at least
- 1 upper case letter
- 1 lower case letter
- 1 number
- not have 3 or more consecutive characters from your username
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