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I think what you are doing is creating a mnemonic for a long pass phrase, which is a good thing. A longer password is, ceteris paribus, a better password. The o
by simbolit 13y ago
I think what you are doing is creating a mnemonic for a long pass phrase, which is a good thing. A longer password is, ceteris paribus, a better password. The only problem is remembering it. If you can memorise code better than phrases, this is a good strategy.
- aaronem 13y agoThe only other problem is accurately blind-typing it, which I've found to be a drawback of the XKCD-style passphrase as well. Given a little practice, I can fit about a twelve-character password, complete with punctuation &c., into muscle memory -- anything longer than that, and the error rate rises to a point where logging in in the morning becomes a trial.
- simbolit 13y agoreally? i regularly type 30+ character passphrases with <5% error rate. i'd say i mistype my password once a month or so.