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Re:AmEx: "We discourage the use of special characters becaus... by derefr on Sunday February 07, 2010 @08:16PM (#1108632)
You can just "describe" your password for the special-character-impaired:

#(%$^ -> hashleftparenpercentdollarcaret

Probably a might bit harder to crack, too.

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Re:AmEx: "We discourage the use of special characters becaus... by jedberg on Sunday February 07, 2010 @08:28PM (#1108647)
Not when they limit you to 8 characters. :)
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