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"correcthorsebatterystaple-style" Are you saying those are better than the 'keyboard encryption'? Because they're not, every password cracker has functionality
by roel_v 7y ago
"correcthorsebatterystaple-style"
Are you saying those are better than the 'keyboard encryption'? Because they're not, every password cracker has functionality to string dictionary words together in various permutations.
- llamataboot 7y agoyes, it's mathematically better to have longer passwords than more complex character sets. Dictionary has a lot of words. Even if you knew I chose 4 of them, gonna take you a little bit of time to get through those combos.
- moefh 7y agoYes, they are (assuming the words are actually chosen at random). The idea of "correcthorsebatterystaple-style" passwords is to randomly choose 4 words from a pool of about 2000 words. That gives about 11 bits of entropy per word, for a total of 44 bits. With a 2-word "keyboard encryption", even if you choose the two words the same way, you only get 24 bits of entropy: 22 bits for the words plus 2 more bits for the choice of which direction to shift (up/down/left/right = 4 options = 2 bits).