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We use six for anything related to an external system or third party (with multi factor where available), and these are password managed behind the same four wo

We use six for anything related to an external system or third party (with multi factor where available), and these are password managed behind the same four word pass, plus multifactor. I'm assuming they stuck with four to make them memorable by actually humans. Even then I have my moments where I type in an adjective form instead of a noun for a particular word/variant.

dredmorbius 3y ago
It's also possible to change effective strength by tweaking the dictionary size --- the total universe of words changes the effective strength of some combination, though lengthening the phrase has a bigger effect. Coming up with grammatical combinations (adjective noun verb adverb preposition article noun, say: "brown dog ran quickly past the barn") might create more memorisable patterns, though at a cost of key strength. Taking this to its logical conclusion, we'd have poetic stanzas of epic sagas randomly generated for mnemonic power utilising rhyme and meter....