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Most password managers don't even let you generate passwords longer than 50-100 characters anyway. So long as you're using a password manager that generates un
by sjwright 6y ago
Most password managers don't even let you generate passwords longer than 50-100 characters anyway.
So long as you're using a password manager that generates unique passwords for every site you visit, there's no real reason to have those generated passwords be particularly long. Ten random characters (with enforced complexity rules) is more than ample for any normal, plausible scenario. If you're a high value individual, you might want to eliminate any doubt and use 12–15 characters. Exceeding that is security masturbation—but also lacks any downside so long as you never have to transcribe it.
Or if you fear worldwide retribution, 20 characters is enough to withstand all compute power on earth suddenly dedicated to the task of cracking your Spotify password.
The only scenario I can imagine where the length of random+unique passwords matters AT ALL is if (1) the website uses a very weak/naive password hash implementation (2) a hacker manages to acquire a copy of your hashed password and (3) the account is of sufficiently high value to justify a large investment in computing resources to brute force the hash. Hitting that trifecta is very unlikely indeed.