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They could also just generate 4 words and string them together as the password. Considerably more entropy than 10 digital and easier to communicate too.
by govg 7y ago
They could also just generate 4 words and string them together as the password. Considerably more entropy than 10 digital and easier to communicate too.
- adtac 7y agoEnglish-specific tho
- rozab 7y agoNot hard to do it for any language. And they're cheap to make. Your memorable phrase is 'correct horse battery staple'. <copy> <generate new phrase in $LANG> Its not often that people without a common language have zoom meetings anyway
- PeterisP 7y agoYou need the ability to enter the code on a numeric keypad when dialing in from an office phone. Compatibility with "ancient" enterprise practices is also important.
- noodlesUK 7y agoThis is exactly what jitsi does
- fart_ratty 7y agoUsing american-english dictionary from aspell [1] and filtering for lines that only contain lower case letters [2] gives you 77649 words. For four words that gives approx 64 bits of entropy [3]. [1] Probably available on a Linux system at /usr/share/dict/american-english [2] '^[a-z]+$' [3] log_2(77649^4)
- jimmySixDOF 7y agoKind of like the what3words approach to GIS [1] https://what3words.com/about-us/ https://what3words.com/about-us/