@JustRosy @backupbear I'm using md5sum; not software that's used today, but the concept is very similar. Passwords are generally stored with a one-way cryptographic hashing algorithm with additional "salt".
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Dear {everyone who writes software that has logins or full-name usernames}@JustRosy @backupbear Er ... almost all passwords are hashed for storage and there's no problem with spaces :-
✗ mike@pica» echo "Hello There" | md5sum
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✓ mike@pica» echo "HelloThere" | md5sum
dbd128f6b99859b1c82362d58fa5c37b -