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I don't remember where off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure I've seen sites that had a "no punctuation in passwords" rule. I think at least one of them w
by nfriedly 11y ago
I don't remember where off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure I've seen sites that had a "no punctuation in passwords" rule. I think at least one of them was a bank.
- murbard2 11y agoMakes sense, it's so their IT department can read it to you more easily over the phone.
- Zancarius 11y agoNespresso is one that immediately comes to mind as it's the most recent I've encountered besides my bank. I went to order some pods for my mum as a gift only to discover that their password restrictions were not only draconian but stupid. The moment a site prohibits punctuation (especially single quotes as they did) is the moment I suspect they're storing passwords in plain text. It's not directly related, but I'm reminded of this Hall of Shame I stumbled upon from some HN comment a few weeks ago: http://plaintextoffenders.com/ http://plaintextoffenders.com/
- capnrefsmmat 11y agoPwdHash only puts punctuation in generated passwords if the password you provide has it, so it tries to be smart.
- lqdc13 11y agoAlso, some sites have things like capital letter cannot be the first character. Punctuation can't follow a digit. At most 8 characters... The list goes on.