• fxomt@lemm.ee
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    aQuickBrownFoxJumpedOverALazyDog$nuggle9 is far easier to remember and secure.

    Not really, you have a better chance if you use a completely random set of words. I remember hearing of someone getting their bitcoin stolen from their wallet despite their password being from an obscure Afrikaans poem.

    Diceware’s a really good tool for this. https://www.eff.org/dice. There are also websites to generate one for you instead of rolling actual dice.

    But it’s only good for passphrases. You’re better off generating a complex password since you can store it in bitwarden.

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      Not really, you have a better chance if you use a completely random set of words. I remember hearing of someone getting their bitcoin stolen from their wallet despite their password being from an obscure Afrikaans poem.

      Precisely why I salted it.

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        I have to look into password salting. I don’t use it but it’s interesting. Do you use a unique salt for each password or the same one for all?

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          Always something a bit unique, can’t make it predictable if someone managed to dump a list of em. This also isn’t the formula I used just an example. Random words is also better if your memory is decent, they can even be your salt.