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I have a 12 character password and it is a pain in the ass to type it several times a day. I couldn't imagine using a 50 character password.
by brettmjohnson 16y ago
I have a 12 character password and it is a pain in the ass to type it several times a day. I couldn't imagine using a 50 character password.
- voxxit 16y agoIt is probably just a concatenated string of his credit card number or social security number and random words. I wonder if they are currently trying to crack it using some kind of dictionary brute force mechanism, or if there is some kind of lock out enabled after five tries.
- aidenn0 16y agoIf they have physical access, then there is no effective lock-out mechanism. Presumably they can determine which encryption software is used, and can use the algorithm as many times as they want.
- ataggart 16y agoOne way to have long, but memorable passwords is to construct them using the first letter of each word a rather long, but memorable quote/phrase. E.g., The opening of the Gettysburg Address yields: fsasyaofbfutcannciladttptamwce. And if you forget the exact words, you can always look them up.