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Re:AmEx: "We discourage the use of special characters becaus... by ggruschow on Sunday February 07, 2010 @08:33PM (#1108653)
I seriously doubt others are much better, so unless you're planning on withdrawing from the modern banking system, I wouldn't bother..

I met a guy who did that, and I definitely wouldn't bother with that. He ended up going off-grid too because the power company hated dealing with him and his cash so much. Well, his "eccentricity" might contributed to their opinion of him.

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Re:AmEx: "We discourage the use of special characters becaus... by mcherm on Monday February 08, 2010 @11:46AM (#1110042)
I work for a bank, and while we have our problems (http://mcherm.com/permalinks/1/password-in-pieces), we aren't anywhere NEAR this bad.
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