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How to Memorize a Random 60-Bit String [pdf]
- dmckeon 11y agoUsing generated iambic tetrameter to memorize long passwords. Also presented for a more general audience in: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/22/these-researchers-have-discovered-the-perfect-password-thats-also-easy-to-remember/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/22/th...
- nmc 11y agoSee yesterday's discussion about that article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10439301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10439301
- tgflynn 11y ago60 bits is only about 8 characters. I've found that it's easy to memorize 20+ random character passwords if you use them everyday, and I've always had quite a poor memory.
- dmckeon 11y agoThe researchers report on their tests for memorability in section 3, and for the rhyming method use an FSA of 79 bits.
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- lqdc13 11y agoThis seems so strange.. They seem to be going about it from the opposite direction (starting with bits) than I would go into it. I think the simplest method (IMO) is to pick a dictionary of 100k common but not too common 3+ char words that have realistic memorable structures like adjective -> noun -> verb or adjective -> adjective -> noun or having probabilities that the bigrams are together in google bigrams being nonzero. and let people veto the combinations a few times.
- jmount 11y agoNotebook. Save your mind for more interesting things.