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It still helps if you're not actually using passwords. I use a Mooltipass (https://www.themooltipass.com/ https://www.themooltipass.com/) loaded with keys gene
by dale_glass 4y ago
It still helps if you're not actually using passwords.
I use a Mooltipass (https://www.themooltipass.com/ https://www.themooltipass.com/) loaded with keys generated with pwgen -s 16 (fully random, alphanumeric, 16 chars)
That seems to give about 95 bits per password, plus 18 brings it up to 113, which I think is not bad at all.
I'm pretty sure I can count on my passwords not ever being cracked by brute force. Anybody stealing a password database will have time and effort constraints, and will likely be happy with just cracking the easier set.
If a government wants my stuff it's much easier to just convince the service provider to give them the data directly.
- nmadden 4y agoIf you’re not actually remembering these passwords and you want to increase security from 95 to 113 bits, then it is much more efficient to simply add a few more characters to the password. pwgen -s 19 provides the same extra protection as 300,000+ iterations of PBKDF2.