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How about this password scheme: [category] [words] [name of service] [optional: required characters]? Examples: email correct horse battery staple gmail soci

• trebor 12y ago
  I believe that would reduce the total number of word combinations. Building a string from a dictionary is easy, and by inferring the scheme from the service category and provider you automatically give 2 of N words to the attacker.
• rnhmjoj 12y ago
  It was asked here: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/72434/how-different-should-my-passwords-be http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/72434/how-differ... It's no more secure than using the password everywhere.