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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by moviuro on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:10AM (#10742965)
I'm pretty sure the standard US layout offers more than enough symbols to write an excellent password.

I tend to prefer extremely long passwords/phrases over things that require stupid characters (had trouble with WiFi keys using the French "é" back in 2008, all my passwords are ASCII since)

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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by oneeyedpigeon on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:19AM (#10743002)
Of course, characters that I use in my everyday language aren't "stupid" to me.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by himlion on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:30AM (#10743037)
Even my name contains that "stupid" character :)

Although I have to agree with him I wouldn't use it in a Wifi password either.

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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by pimlottc on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @09:26AM (#10744401)
That makes me wonder - how long before someone manages to put an emoji in their legal name?
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by creshal on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:27AM (#10743028)
Every language that is not American English is "stupid"?
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by umanwizard on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:04AM (#10743137)
No diacritics in Latin, either!
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by creshal on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:06AM (#10743142)
æ?
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by lucozade on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:22AM (#10743184)
I believe that's a ligature not a diacritic [1]

[1] apologies, it appears to be the last pedantic Wednesday before Christmas

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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by Johnny_Brahms on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:22AM (#10743009)
It was a long password phrase. One of the words just happened to be in my mother tongue.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by Tepix on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:43AM (#10743070)
I'm baffled that the standard US keyboard layout doesn't even have the ° character, something I use all the time.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by umanwizard on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @07:00PM (#10748426)
I think we typically get around this by writing things like "122 degrees", "50C", "122F", etc. in informal settings.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by roryokane on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:00AM (#10743123)
It does have that character. Press Option-Shift-8.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by creshal on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:38AM (#10743252)
The same Option key that isn't on the standard US layout either?
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by mikeash on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @12:13PM (#10745635)
You only need access to two symbols to be able to write an excellent password. But that doesn't mean it would be reasonable to, for example, restrict a password to only allow 1 and 0.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by 1wd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:43AM (#10743271)
I had to use a system once that accepted the "stupid characters" ( and ) in the password on account creation, but not on login...
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