> it seems more like FedEx only allows specific characters which is even worse)
If I read it right it sounds even worse. Fedex allows the characters and then random stuff just breaks.
It is much preferred to get a simple "only english alphabet and numbers please" warning message when you are trying to set the password than not getting any warning and then things breaking.
I've had this before at a University I used to attend. I had a password with either a % or a & and I found I couldn't log into one specific system. I changed my password to a different one, but still had one of those special characters. I was curious and tried a more "basic" password and I was able to get in. The system just wouldn't accept certain characters in your password. The main University password manager did disallow certain special characters, but clearly not enough of them.
It never makes you feel very confident in an institutions security when they can't even figure out how to get a username/password to work properly on their systems.
If I read it right it sounds even worse. Fedex allows the characters and then random stuff just breaks.
It is much preferred to get a simple "only english alphabet and numbers please" warning message when you are trying to set the password than not getting any warning and then things breaking.