Re: "Strong" passwords too clever by half...

> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 4:37 PM Henry Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I used a "^" character in a password, but I
>> recently discovered that this character is
>> impossible to input with some versions of
>> Android keyboard programs.
>>
>
> I did something even worse: On Android, I added a space at the end of my
> password, which was accepted.  However, in browsers, the JavaScript for
> the
> login page trims trailing spaces...

The pipe "|" character gave me headaches on the terminal emulator I use on
Android.

I have considered using cuneiform or hieroglyphics for passwords, but
Android doesn't seem to have fonts for those either. (I may have to make a
few font packs from the fonts I use on Linux.)


Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?
A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.

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