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If you can remember your passwords I have a strong suspicion that you’re using weak passwords and/or re-using them. All my passwords are 12+ (whatever the site
by somehnguy 3y ago
If you can remember your passwords I have a strong suspicion that you’re using weak passwords and/or re-using them. All my passwords are 12+ (whatever the site max is) random alphanumeric+symbols and don’t get re-used across sites - there is no possible way I could remember them all.
- doublerabbit 3y ago9-12 characters upper and lower case with numerical and special characters, pretty much unique.
- 5e92cb50239222b 3y agoDiceware is easy to remember. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-p... https://www.eff.org/dice https://www.eff.org/dice This generator uses a different wordlist with about 18000 words. https://1password.com/password-generator https://1password.com/password-generator Using a quick back-of-the-napkin calculation, you get roughly this amount of entropy from 1password's wordlist when compared to random alphanumeric strings [a-zA-Z0-9]: - 5 words ≈ 12 chars - 6 words ≈ 14 chars - 7 words ≈ 17 chars - 8 words = 19 chars If we take 5 words as the minimum you'd want to use on a web service: - halvers persia dutiful manes party - append medalist society duke disobey - acoustic halo assuage upkeep dexter - area theist motile align trespass As a non-native English speaker (which should be obvious from my strained speech), I'd say it's rememberable enough.