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[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] quinkin@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

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

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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

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