Sin Trenton 🎱 (@sintrenton@todon.nl)
todon.nlHere is an example (no, not one I am using) of what a password of mine may look like:
WW91IEtub3cgSG93IFRvIFNjYXJlIE1lIFNoaXRsZXNz
And no, it is not hard to remember at all.
I use offline, non-caching Base64 coders.
https://www.base64decode.org
#privacy #encryption #passwords
Also wanted to test linking a Mastodon post of mine to my Lemmy account. If anything bungles up, sorry in advance!
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“You Know How To Scare Me Shitless” is 33 characters and a decent passphrase on its own.
Base64 brings the length to 44 characters, but you might be better off by just using a longer passwphrase (eg. “You know how to scare me shitless and you do it every day, dear student of mine!” is 80 characters long, not much more difficult to remember that the 33-char one and way easier to type than the 44-char base64 one).
All in all, IMHO base64 is not the best idea.
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I wasn’t recommending OP to switch to an 80-character passphrase (see the very first sentence in my comment)… I was just showing that passphrases are about length and not about
(real or perceived) randomnesshow difficult they are to memorize or type.Also, if I may, one shouldn’t throw terms like “unbreakable” around: security is a game where you trade usability for resilience to attacks and what how much security is enough security depends on your specific circumstances and risk profile… absolute terms like “unbreakable” picture security as something different than the compromise it is and should be left to marketing people.
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You Know How To Scare Me Shitless
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They take so damn long to put in though
Yes, but you only really need one (the one that unlocks your password manager) and you’ll quickly learn to type that relatively fast.
Realtively, yes. But I myself like a 16 symbol or longer cryptic password because in the end when I have remembered it it takes less time to put in and has the same protection as a longer passphrase. (Not against brute force I am aware).
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I’m not sure about that https://xkcd.com/936
Did you look at the linked post?
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Why not use a password manager like most people?
I do. I use a B64 password and a key file to my manager. In fact, I have three different files for my manager, one containing seldom used financial data, etc
…or you could just use a password manager that generates random and unique passwords whenever you need, without you having to memorize multiple phrases (because you don’t want to reuse the same phrase across multiple accounts).
My first language is Korean. A lot of the time people just write some words or phrases in Korean in English keyboard layout.
If I, for example, write 손톱깎이, that way, which is nail clipper in Korean,
Basically totally random. Add in some numbers and !@#$% and you have easy to remember, quick to type and secure password.
Quite nice.
…or you could just use a password manager that generates random and unique passwords whenever you need, without you having to memorize multiple phrases (because you don’t want to reuse the same phrase across multiple accounts).
I use Vaultwarden personally. It’s just whag a lot of people do.
There are so many good ones out there there’s no reason not to use one.