Timeline for Why did customer services say using symbols in a password is insecure?
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| Jan 27, 2016 at 18:17 | comment | added | Ian Ringrose | I now mostly use lower case letters, as on a smart phone, it takes as long to type two lower case letter then 1 number or upper case letter. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 17:58 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | Admittedly, typing certain characters on a mobile device can be very tricky and more trouble than it's worth. I know that a password I used frequently prior to owning a smart-phone turned out to be very non-mobile friendly. Nowadays, I can see people creating a password that includes a half a dozen Emojis or foreign language Unicode mixed in with other characters... Limiting them to standard ASCII does make sense just from an ease-of-use standpoint, let alone technical. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 14:10 | comment | added | Ian Ringrose | @iProgram, a "forgot password" link also leads to support problems and if secure access is needed a "reset password link" can not just be emailed to the person. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 13:28 | comment | added | iProgram | Hence why you have a "forgot password" link on your webpage like this service does. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 13:11 | history | answered | Ian Ringrose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |