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What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have . and ; and / in the middle of your passwords. If a site is compromised and email + passwords are taken, these are usually stored in a csv file. If someone attempts to delimit the csv data, these characters can split you password into multiple cells.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Anyone with the barest of skills will have escaped any of these characters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

True. But it will eliminate a percentage of the script kiddies.