On: Why even let users set their own passwords?

[CrampusDestrus]

Here's why: the world is not able bodied Americans, so let us decide what password is best for us through our input methods

[simias → CrampusDestrus]

Can you specify what in practice could be an issue with a "forced" password? Are some characters harder to input than others or is it a different problem?

For the non-American aspect, it's extremely common for websites to force ASCII today (either explicitly, or because using anything else breaks in various unexpected ways) anyway, I doubt that any internet user around the globe will have an issue with that. That boat has sailed in the 90s.

[CrampusDestrus → simias]

in my locale's keyboard, curly brackets and the dollar sign are not obvious to input. they require an additional combo of keys that most people have no idea about.

[simias → CrampusDestrus]

Yeah that's a good point, I definitely that automatically generated passwords should be limited to alnum, using symbols is asking for trouble.

[kwhitefoot → simias]

In what character set?

[anticensor → kwhitefoot]

ASCII?

[kwhitefoot → anticensor]

What about people who use non-ASCII sets?

[kstrauser → CrampusDestrus]

That’s an interesting POV. Thanks!

[eviks → CrampusDestrus]

You're not supposed to type your password!