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Are you using passphrases? Is it worth it? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 7 months ago by Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Nowadays, most people use password managers (hopefully). However, there are still some passwords that you need to memorize, like master password (for a password manager), phone lock, wifi password, etc.

Security wise, can passphrase reach the strength of a good password without getting so long that it defeats the purpose of even using it?

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[–] birdcat@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

but even 14 years seems long for a pharase that is said and written millions of times per day. and if those crackers can make billions of guesses per second how can they not guess both variants within minutes?

related question. how to make a good password bettter? adding a few extra special symbols like "µ£₹" or one long word like "freshwatercrocodiletesticles"?

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 months ago

It doesn't matter in the slightest if you use 2FA.