• How to pick the perfect password
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[IMG]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png[/IMG]
Lastpass. 'Alt-G' -> 'Use Password'. Boom.
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;48663721][IMG]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] This would be great if the company you were making the password for didn't have shit-tier security in the first place. LastPass is the shit.
[QUOTE=Banned?;48663845]This would be great if the company you were making the password for didn't have shit-tier security in the first place. LastPass is the shit.[/QUOTE] I can't remember what service it was for, I'm pretty sure it was Microsoft, and when I was creating an account they had a 12 character password limit. Why
I usually name my passwords after things I secretly hate, so that way, only I know what it could be. For example...
my kryptonite [quote]You must use one capital letter, one numeral, and one special character. No spaces.[/quote]
Prior to my workplace enforcing the use of a password manager, my old password scheme allowed me to have unique passwords that I could remember for each site. * Have a base word roughly 6-8 characters long, preferably one that's not in any dictionary, but means something to you. EG: "Grapge" * Most websites will be compound words, so get the first letter of each word and use that. EG: "FP" * If a site is a single word, then use the first and last letter of the word. EG: "TR" for Twitter * Finally, pad your password with symbols and numbers. EG: "$1$" So you might end up with "GrapgeFP$1$". As long as the only part of the password that changes is the site, then you'll find it's considerably easier to remember compared to something you've picked out of the air.
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;48663721][IMG]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] i actually hope people don't believe this
[QUOTE=lekkimsm;48663721][IMG]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Then your password gets fucked in the ass through dictionary-based attacks.
[QUOTE=Map in a box;48666338]i actually hope people don't believe this[/QUOTE] I think you're [URL="http://security.stackexchange.com/a/6116"]missing the point it's trying to make[/URL]. You should be using a password manager either way.
[QUOTE=Qaus;48666265]my kryptonite[/QUOTE] [video]https://youtu.be/luv_bWmb9lE[/video]
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