Send this post on over the American Express… Most of the companies in my area that I have to use for utilities need a good lesson on web security. They don’t allow special characters in passwords which drives me nuts – alphanumeric passwords are horrible. I’m just thankful my bank allows me to use my ‘secure’ password.
Another good note for anyone who uses the same password for many sites: append the URL’s acronym to the end of it. So, for example, if your password is “passwd” and the site is codinghorror.com, why not “passwdCH” 