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JBjr
3 years agoNew Contributor
Password complexity to require a special character?
Recently the auto-generated password is insufficient for certain systems.
The generated password is long enough and has a variety of character types, but no "special" characters.
In each case I s...
Former Member
3 years agoThanks for the suggestion. I like to use memorable passwords as I find it easier to fat finger them in when needed. Ran into a problem recently where a website had a maximum password length of 20 characters, and the auto generated 4 word memorable password kept exceeding 20 characters and failing to be accepted. I had to use this technique but it was a pain to count the number of characters with each regeneration. It would have been nice if the password generator showed the character count for the memorable password.