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/bkdotcom Aug 02 '26

A lot of banking systems disalow html special chars and other special chars.
Doesn't give me a lot of faith in their stack.

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u/nobody5050 Aug 02 '26

My banking app disallows a list of characters that is shockingly similar to SQL...

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u/fuckmywetsocks Aug 02 '26

Same - mine also won't allow question marks or ampersands leading me to think the password is getting passed around as a GET param in some ancient backend.

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u/KAZVorpal Aug 02 '26

All of which tells us the idiots don't sanitize their inputs competently.

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u/fuckmywetsocks Aug 02 '26

No of course they don't - the upheaval would be incredible. It's all scabs on scabs.

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u/DeifniteProfessional Aug 02 '26

The majority of established banks absolutely are just patching their systems endlessly. That's why they hire developers for languages nobody uses anymore.

And also why I choose to bank with banks that are less than 15 years old lol