> tear it in half (6 words each) This isn't a good idea; every word an attacker knows makes the remaining words exponentially easier to brute force. if you're

> tear it in half (6 words each) This isn't a good idea; every word an attacker knows makes the remaining words exponentially easier to brute force. if you're going to split your key into pieces, you should use something like https://linux.die.net/man/1/ssss https://linux.die.net/man/1/ssss