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Re:Zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation by tedunangst on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @04:37PM (#3824278)
This may not be their reason, but I used to have a password with @ in it. Then I went to Germany and discovered the keyboards there didn't have @ on them. That was a fun time.
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Re:Zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation by icebraining on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @05:02PM (#3824406)
You can usually type some easy combination (here it's Ctrl+Alt+2 or AltGr+2) to get it. It's not like Germans don't write email addresses.
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Re:Zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation by tedunangst on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @05:31PM (#3824554)
If you aren't German and can't log in, discovering such combos is a bit difficult. Once I figured it out, no problem.
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