What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't?

lil_shi@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 429 points –
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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.

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