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I'm pretty sure the standard US layout offers more than enough symbols to write an excellent password. I tend to prefer extremely long passwords/phrases over t

by moviuro 11y ago

I'm pretty sure the standard US layout offers more than enough symbols to write an excellent password. I tend to prefer extremely long passwords/phrases over things that require stupid characters (had trouble with WiFi keys using the French "é" back in 2008, all my passwords are ASCII since)

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
Of course, characters that I use in my everyday language aren't "stupid" to me.
- himlion 11y ago
  Even my name contains that "stupid" character :) Although I have to agree with him I wouldn't use it in a Wifi password either.
- pimlottc 11y ago
  That makes me wonder - how long before someone manages to put an emoji in their legal name?
Johnny_Brahms 11y ago
It was a long password phrase. One of the words just happened to be in my mother tongue.
creshal 11y ago
Every language that is not American English is "stupid"?
- umanwizard 11y ago
  No diacritics in Latin, either!
  - creshal 11y ago
    æ?
    - lucozade 11y ago
      I believe that's a ligature not a diacritic [1] [1] apologies, it appears to be the last pedantic Wednesday before Christmas
Tepix 11y ago
I'm baffled that the standard US keyboard layout doesn't even have the ° character, something I use all the time.
- roryokane 11y ago
  It does have that character. Press Option-Shift-8.
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - creshal 11y ago
    The same Option key that isn't on the standard US layout either?
- umanwizard 11y ago
  I think we typically get around this by writing things like "122 degrees", "50C", "122F", etc. in informal settings.
1wd 11y ago
I had to use a system once that accepted the "stupid characters" ( and ) in the password on account creation, but not on login...
mikeash 11y ago
You only need access to two symbols to be able to write an excellent password. But that doesn't mean it would be reasonable to, for example, restrict a password to only allow 1 and 0.

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I'm pretty sure the standard US layout offers more than enough symbols to write an excellent password. I tend to prefer extremely long passwords/phrases over t

by moviuro 11y ago

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
Of course, characters that I use in my everyday language aren't "stupid" to me.
- himlion 11y ago
  Even my name contains that "stupid" character :) Although I have to agree with him I wouldn't use it in a Wifi password either.
- pimlottc 11y ago
  That makes me wonder - how long before someone manages to put an emoji in their legal name?
Johnny_Brahms 11y ago
It was a long password phrase. One of the words just happened to be in my mother tongue.
creshal 11y ago
Every language that is not American English is "stupid"?
- umanwizard 11y ago
  No diacritics in Latin, either!
  - creshal 11y ago
    æ?
    - lucozade 11y ago
      I believe that's a ligature not a diacritic [1] [1] apologies, it appears to be the last pedantic Wednesday before Christmas
Tepix 11y ago
I'm baffled that the standard US keyboard layout doesn't even have the ° character, something I use all the time.
- roryokane 11y ago
  It does have that character. Press Option-Shift-8.
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - creshal 11y ago
    The same Option key that isn't on the standard US layout either?
- umanwizard 11y ago
  I think we typically get around this by writing things like "122 degrees", "50C", "122F", etc. in informal settings.
1wd 11y ago
I had to use a system once that accepted the "stupid characters" ( and ) in the password on account creation, but not on login...
mikeash 11y ago
You only need access to two symbols to be able to write an excellent password. But that doesn't mean it would be reasonable to, for example, restrict a password to only allow 1 and 0.