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This seems like one of the simpler solutions on here, what's your process of dealing with sites that require special characters etc?

• aaraujo 9y ago
  I add a special character at the end when it's needed
  • drdaeman 9y ago
    This works, but doesn't scale. The problem is, the login form doesn't remind that a) a special character was required and b) what characters that particular site thinks are "special".
    • barrkel 9y ago
      FWIW, it's really rare for a mixed-case alphanumeric password to be rejected. Typically it's only banks and corporate logins. Those are sufficiently special-case to make an exception.
      • barrkel 9y ago
        Downvoted! :) Amusing for actual lived experience to be denied! (Data: I have 72 logins currently cached in Firefox. Every single one of those sites accepts 10-character mixed case alphanumeric passwords with no extra special character requirements. About once a year I come across a site that needs one.)
        • drdaeman 9y ago
          I've checked my password manager and I think your stats roughly match what I see - about 1 in 100 sites seem to have smartass requirements to passwords, others (correctly) don't care. Still, I'd say it's inconvenient to have "special cases" to remember about. Even if they're something important, like banking. --- Someone had mistaken downvote with "I disagree" rather than "unhelpful". Upvoted you, as I think your comment was helpful and contributed to the discussion. But this is going off-topic (and discussing votes is something we should refrain from)