Passwords - Commonly Used Advice Is Wrong

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6 years 8 months ago #297721 by Br. John
Password expert says he was wrong: Numbers, capital letters and symbols are useless

And see http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/08/14/543434808/forget-tough-passwords-new-guidelines-make-it-simple and http://lifehacker.com/how-to-create-a-strong-password-1797681069

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6 years 8 months ago #297724 by
I simply choose a pattern on the keyboard and change my password every three months or so using said pattern. But, four random words is cool too.

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6 years 8 months ago #297817 by Tellahane
Length is more important then anything, even when brute forcing length is the biggest enemy to hackers.

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6 years 8 months ago #297820 by ren
Most systems are safe from bruteforce attacks, and outright decryption of a stored password is essentially impossible as long as it's decent encryption.

The real threat is social engineering.

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6 years 8 months ago #297823 by OB1Shinobi
My password is "incorrect"
So that when i forget it my computer reminds me "your password is incorrect"

Just kidding, actually its ************

People are complicated.
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6 years 8 months ago - 6 years 8 months ago #297826 by JamesSand

Just kidding, actually its ************



Weird how the forum shows your password up as *********** so others can't read it..


Let me try mine


*************



How does that look on everyone else's screen?







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6 years 8 months ago - 6 years 8 months ago #297829 by
************

Huh.. interesting! Cool how it does that.



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