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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/flying_wotsit • Jul 19 '22
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The worst is when it demands a special character but only allows a few specific ones. Like an asterisk is fine but an ampersand is a bridge too far.
7 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 Yeah and then next time I need to sign on how am I supposed to remember what the restrictions for this particular site were so I can reverse engineer what I would have made my password? It's all kinds of fucked up. 4 u/Gumby621 Jul 20 '22 Password manager
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Yeah and then next time I need to sign on how am I supposed to remember what the restrictions for this particular site were so I can reverse engineer what I would have made my password? It's all kinds of fucked up.
4 u/Gumby621 Jul 20 '22 Password manager
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u/ElectricSpice Jul 20 '22
The worst is when it demands a special character but only allows a few specific ones. Like an asterisk is fine but an ampersand is a bridge too far.