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Some characters may also be nicer to type since they're present (and perhaps even in the same location) on many keyboard layouts. People could in principle caus
by Delk 5y ago
Some characters may also be nicer to type since they're present (and perhaps even in the same location) on many keyboard layouts. People could in principle cause themselves problems with logging in by having their usernames or passwords include characters that are hard or impossible to directly enter on another keyboard layout.
I'm not sure that would be an actual reason why some designers have decided to limit the set of allowed characters, and your guesses may be better. But it could be something to consider.
- KMnO4 5y agoMy email password used to contain a pattern of symbols that I knew by pattern in QWERTY. I ended up at a cyber cafe in Europe locked out of my email because I didn’t remember the actual symbols.
- ThePadawan 5y agoFun story: On Mac, you could also set your password to contain emoji that you couldn't manage type on the login screen. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/202143/i-included-emoji-in-my-password-and-now-i-cant-log-in-to-my-account-on-yosemite https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/202143/i-included-...