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Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by INTPenis on Saturday October 20, 2012 @02:44PM (#4677846)
Not a single sentence, can it be that they allow characters like ( and % but not whitespace? Boggles my mind that people don't use more sentences.
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by nmat on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:16PM (#4677962)
Personally I don't like spaces because every now and then I find a service that doesn't accept them - ex: you can't have spaces in your IRC password. ASCII printable characters are enough for me.
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by wprater on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:27PM (#4678006)
Look at the difference in time when using a simple 'helloworld' password with and without spaces. https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm

Also, for some more reading on why using spaces will make it infinitely more difficult for hackers to try and gain access: http://www.baekdal.com/insights/password-security-usability

Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by vibrunazo on Saturday October 20, 2012 @02:59PM (#4677896)
There's one ilovemydaughternancy with no spaces. Why would you want spaces?
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by dchest on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:15PM (#4677959)
There's also lovenancy18. Someone will have a long talk with his daughter.
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by INTPenis on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:51PM (#4678069)
Sentences are easier to remember. Yet grammatically correct sentences can give you things like capital letter, whitespaces and even periods.
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by Retric on Saturday October 20, 2012 @04:23PM (#4678139)
Unfortunately, they also cut down on the search space quite a bit.
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by mapleoin on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:05PM (#4677916)
I find that typing a bunch of words with spaces is faster than with words. I guess my brain is wired by now to automatically press the spacebar between words.
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Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by vibrunazo on Saturday October 20, 2012 @03:27PM (#4678001)
Wouldn't it make it harder to remember which places accept a password with spaces and which don't? I already have trouble remembering which sites require long passwords and which require shorter ones.
Re:FBI got Hacked, Reveals Hundreds of Passwords by mburns on Saturday October 20, 2012 @04:43PM (#4678170)
to make it more natural to type a passphrase