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Special characters are OK.. The casual layperson knows how to make a special character a separator.
by Lamad123 5y ago
Special characters are OK.. The casual layperson knows how to make a special character a separator.
- xondono 5y agoSpecial character requirements normally end with most people adding # to the end of their dictionary vulnerable password, plus a lot more of valid password reset requests that could hide phishing attacks.
- yurishimo 5y ago#, really? The one I see most often is an exclamation mark!
- blakesterz 5y agoI remember reading a report a while back that said the LEAST frequently used characters are brackets { [ ] } < >
- etskinner 5y agoSeems like the reason for this is that a lot of places don't accept them as special characters. The exclamation mark (!) and hash (#) are almost guaranteed to be on the special character list, so people likely choose them out of habit.
- ryandrake 5y agoI've always hated the term "special characters." If you are a non-technical user, it leaves a lot to the imagination. 1. What characters count as special? Does "special" mean non-alphanumeric? If so, just say that, don't say "special". 2. Among those, which ones will be accepted by your password system? Is \ acceptable? Will ™ be accepted? What about emoji (which evidently HN comment input doesn't seem to accept)? Most password entry prompts do not answer either of these questions, so you have to either guess or just use ! or # and move on with your life.
- ozim 5y agoNope, special character for casual layperson is ! at the end of the password and when they have to change password they just make it !!