• PorkSoda@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Generally speaking, serif fonts make it easier to distinguish between visually similar characters like o, O, and 0 or 1, I, and l.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah that’s true, but I can’t see why distinguishing is required of a human. I use my password manager to generate and input passwords for me. I don’t even know any of them.

        • rolaulten@startrek.website
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          11 months ago

          It’s not uncommon for the password manager to not be on the same system as where the password is being entered - hence a human needs to type. For example: consumer electronics with their own dinky little screens. Smart TVs/game systems and servers where remote access is not possible (or copy/paste does not work by design).

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            11 months ago

            Or if you have to do business with a dinosaur company that won’t let you paste in the PW field.