r/webdev • u/Beatsu • Aug 02 '26

Question Tab as password?

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SAS disallows spaces in your password. My password manager suggested an invalid (but secure) password.

So now that I have to make my own password: Out of spite, hypothetically, what implications could having tabs in my password have?

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u/KAZVorpal Aug 02 '26

It is sheer idiocy to prohibit spaces, or tabs, in passwords.

It is even more moronic to require special characters, upper/lowerspace combos, and numbers.

All that is really important is the level of entropy under a likely attack vector. Four randomly chosen common words is more secure, for several reasons, than a garbage pile of ascii/unicode.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26 edited 13d ago

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u/KAZVorpal Aug 02 '26

Are you using a brail reader? Actually, even if you are, all good screen readers have special commands to leave fields, nobody actually needs the tab to do so. And, of course, escape blurs the field anyway, enabling even tab.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26 edited 13d ago

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u/KAZVorpal Aug 02 '26

I don't care whether it's normal, as I said there are always other ways out of the field.

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u/Snapstromegon Aug 02 '26

This is like saying "on our site links don't open with left click. There are always other ways to open a link". Tabbing out is one of (if not) the most common way to exit a field.