Symbols in Passwords

Tom 47 words

Can anyone give me a technical explanation for why so many web sites these days do not accept certain symbols such as parentheses ( ) or brackets [ ] in their passwords? It’s rather annoying and I can’t think of a single reason to prevent using them.

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