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		numpad0 on April 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why keyboard shortcuts don't work on non-US layout... It’s unwise anyway to use letters outside of a-Z0-9 in a password unless absolutely necessary

a1369209993 on April 9, 2021 [–]

It's also unwise to use a password, when you should be using a passphrase[0]. See eg https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/936.

Edit: 0: or at least a pass-multiple-words, depending on how picky your definition of "phrase" is about grammer. It shouldn't be "word", singular, is the point.

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