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Doesn't that defeat the "Trivial to remember" part of the xkcd concept of "Trivial to remember, hard to guess?"
by ghshephard 12y ago
Doesn't that defeat the "Trivial to remember" part of the xkcd concept of "Trivial to remember, hard to guess?"
- mtct 12y agohttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/choosing_secure_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/choosing_secu...
- stcredzero 12y agoThat means you only have 7 entities to remember, which is supposed to be what humans can handle easily. (Though I understand now that this is stale knowledge.)
- aggie 12y agoThe number refers to the capacity of working memory and has indeed been revised over time. It's a complicated issue, but 4 units of information is now considered a more accurate approximation. But if you're remembering a password, you're dealing with long-term memory, which doesn't have this limitation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory#Capacity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory#Capacity
- miga 12y agoLong-term memory usually accepts most information from short-term memory not direct sensory input, so it is easier to memorize when you break down things in chunks first.