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Is it bad for me to use password special characters?

Asked by Ankur Dwivedi Mar 1, 2022 516 views 1 answer
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 I'm trying to find the best degree of entropy for a password template, and after carrying out several tests, the best result came from this: à. This symbol alone adds 160 characters to the set (contrary to lower-upper case letters, numbers, or even symbols) and is readily available from a Spanish keyboard such as the one I use, which looks perfect.

However, I can't find any information about this, all password generation software seems to avoid using those, and I don't know why. A password like +9qQ¨{^ adds up to 254 charset size, +9qQ¨{^aaaa has 67 bits of entropy already, setting the ease-to-remember factor aside, is there any reason to avoid using these special characters?

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