• @Furbag@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    I mean, the philosophy behind correcthorsebatterystaple is good. I used that method for master passwords to password managers and it really does work well to help you remember a long complex password that can’t be guessed easily.

    But some people might have been missing the point of that xkcd using correcthorsebatterystaple itself.

    • @jasory@programming.dev
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      71 year ago

      It’s okay. The thing is when running an attack are you going to permutate through every combination of characters, or are you going to use words from a dictionary first? correcthorsebatterystaple (not a dictionary word) is better than antidisestablishmentarianism (a dictionary word) but in a realistic attack concatenating dictionary words is going to be the next step.

      • Terrasque
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        1 year ago

        Because of the number of potential words in the dictionary, it’s still fairly secure. I would recommend 5 or 6 words though