Password Security: Food for Thought
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Hello , i think this is very nice and useful information .I've never thought of this till now. I will definitely try this method.
That's really interesting. Google has been running print ads regarding basic internet security that seem to advocate the random characters method of selecting a password. You can see the ad here.
@Svetlin: happy to share.
@May: thanks for letting us know about Google's approach! Both methods probably work quite well, the four-word approach might just be easier to remember and maybe even more robust in terms of safety.
My very first email account came with an assigned password made of two common but unrelated long words. Twenty years later, I can still easily remember it. Mathematically, it is stronger than the 8-digit random characters recommended by those who seem intent on propagating the myth of random character (including my bank--arrgh!).
Thanks for helping spread the word! (And when you think about it, multilinguals have a distinct advantage when choosing those words, don't we?)
@Caitilin: thanks for chiming in. Ms. president-elect. We are honored to have you. :) And yes, we do have many advantages because of our languages, you are absolutely right. Down with random characters.
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