Password Strength

Try "2 Cats @ Bali"

The principles are easy…

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Jane: Would a password eight letters long be strong enough?

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Sean: Not if it’s on the list of the top 10,000.

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Jane: What if I use a mix of letters and numbers? I heard that adds strength.

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Sean: To be sure it does. But a nonsense sentence would be better. Adds semantic randomicity.

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Jane: How about “surf’s up?”

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Sean: A bit short. Collocationally predictable, but easier to remember. Go for sixteen characters. Upper and lower case and symbols.

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Jane: How about “Surf’s Up @ 0824?”

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Sean: There you go now. Very strong. Would take a botnet years to crack that.

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A good online password checker here.

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