Is there a technical reason why blank spaces can’t be used in password since you always have to hit submit afterwards anyway?

Question

Just reading in that long password are better than complex ones. Wouldn’t it be better if our passwords were long memorable quotes like “Now are the times that try men’s souls” instead of something like Be$ty78?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Company I work for just changed their password schema to 14 character pass phrases instead of passwords. The recommendation is several short words, separated by spaces. The idea – long passwords are hard to remember so people end up violating security protocols by writing them down. Small words with spaces (to include numbers and unique non-letter characters) are significantly harder to crack than a long, single-word password.