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

For simplicity and to avoid errors with copy/pasting etc, it’s often better to just ban spaces. There are enough other characters that it won’t have a significant effect on the strength of a password.

Spaces are also an “invisible” character, so it can be difficult to tell if one is there or not, or if your password has two or three spaces in a row