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

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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?

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You can have blank spaces in passwords. common password lists very rarely have them and longer passwords are better. Though a famous quote will be worse than something more personal or more random.

What I don’t recommend is using them at the start or end of a password. Applications routinely strip white space from the start and end of submitted strings and it’s very easy for a developer to forget to make an exception for passwords (or not realize they’re supposed to) and you may find your password doesn’t work (potentially after an update).

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