Passwords

[joel_in_exile]

While attempting to change my password, I kept getting a message that I was using invalid symbols. However, these disliked symbols were not identified, nor was a list of acceptable one offered. I was forced to use only letters and numbers. 

[eburtonlab]

I found an old post on Stack Exchange that had some discussion about this issue.

According to that post, allowed symbols include:

(!@#$%^*-_+=)

The speculation is that eBay had a different list of symbols commonly used in SQL-injection type attacks, and disallowed all those.

eBay says very little directly on this subject, but does say the following: "If you’ve tried to change your password more than 5 times in the last 24 hours, you’ll need to wait 24 hours before trying again."

https://www.ebay.com/help/account/account-account-settings/password?id=4197