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I think the generator from xkcd sounds pretty good. https://xkcd.com/936/ https://xkcd.com/936/

• heyoni 4y ago
  Problem is so many websites have these arbitrarily low password lengths that usually max out at 20 characters.
  • bombcar 4y ago
    Worse are the ones that let any length input but only read the first ten characters or so.
  • lucb1e 4y ago
    I haven't seen those in a while now. For random sites you should use a password manager anyway though, not try to remember a thousand passphrases. You're going to end up reusing passwords if you try to memorize them all, or else you'll have to write some down and then you are already using a password manager :). Or you use a system and then 1-2 cracked passwords/-phrases will likely break them all. Note that this advice is for the average, common site. If you have special considerations for your bank, broker, or similarly high-value sites, different advice might apply of course (but this is not really the place for that and there are already enough recommendations online).
• Jaruzel 4y ago
  For ages I remembered this as 'battery-horse-staple-correct' but then I see loads of people saying 'correct-battery-horse-staple' so now I think I'm the one who is wrong. I wonder which way round is actually the right way to say it?
  • mkl 4y ago
    Neither? As the linked comic says, it's "correct horse battery staple".
    • Jaruzel 4y ago
      ok typo on my part... anyhoo - does "correct" go at the front or back?! Because the way I read it, the speech bubble saying 'correct' is after the horse and the other two words.
      • mkl 4y ago
        "Correct" goes at the front; see panel 4. You remember the order along with the words, and the imagery is a cue to aid memory, not a script.
        • Jaruzel 4y ago
          Maybe it's because I'm a visual learner that I stored panel 6 and not panel 4.... Even though I clearly stored it incorrectly regardless.
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