• falsemirror@beehaw.org
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        10 months ago

        Many PW managers let you generate passphrases, which are all around better than random strings. Length is the most important factor so

        finance-caffeine-utopia-redress-unseen

        Is way stronger and easier to remember (and type) than

        Fl7$j4FWw)&5O

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          10 months ago

          Is it really safer? I mean when trying to bruteforce a password, one would have to make a guess whether it’s a passphrase or not. But if you decided to check for pass phrases, wouldn’t the one you posted be cracked in 5 times the amount of words in that dictionary? I’m not sure how large the vocabularies of the generators are, but I would guess a random 17 char password might be safer than a 5 phrases password?

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            10 months ago

            but I would guess a random 17 char password might be safer than a 5 phrases password

            And you would be very wrong about that. A 5 phrase password has entropy. “finance-caffeine-utopia-redress-unseen” is 28 characters. If you add in a different symbol between the words and add a number somewhere, this password becomes incredibly difficult to brute force.

            I’ll let xkcd explain it better.

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              10 months ago

              Youre right,different separators, numbers and even capital letters change my theory alot

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    10 months ago

    id recommend custom email addresses… most places let you tack on arbitrary strings to your email address or if you have your own domain, you can just forward all and use anyname@yourdomain on the fly.

    no single system compromise can affect any other system

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      10 months ago

      But many sites don’t support that, unfortunately.

      DHL for example will happily create an account for you with the “mail+xyz@gmail”, but will sometimes drop the suffix internally. You can’t reset your password for example. Super annoying.