Arlo doesn't allow strong passwords

[scrybbler]

It's quite surprising that Netgear set up the Arlo system (logins from web or mobile) so that you can't really do strong passwords.

When you try to use any but the most generic ASCII, it says the password can "Not contain spaces, and may only use these characters ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )"

Those are not a lot of characters. Anyone using a strong password generator is going to be frustrated by this.

Netgear is a networking company that's selling a security product. What's wrong with this picture?

[ELY_M]

some characters do cause bugs and problems in the website coding.  

for example, the " would cause problems with php scripting.     

some apps and codes would mess up with words with spaces in it.    

so they have to limit on what characters you can use in your passwords.   

[scrybbler]

I appreciate the thinking but... somehow I doubt this would be a stopper for a company as capable as Netgear. Accepting all keyboard characters is de rigeur for other secured and security-conscious websites, even my local credit union.