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Massive data dump containing millions of passwords sparks security alert: Is your data safe? (www.techspot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 22 points 10 months ago (20 children)

Use a password manager. Every account gets a different (and strong) password.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 11 points 10 months ago (14 children)

All cool and dandy, until you have to type that random 50 letter string on your TV.

[–] falsemirror 12 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Many PW managers let you generate passphrases, which are all around better than random strings. Length is the most important factor so

finance-caffeine-utopia-redress-unseen

Is way stronger and easier to remember (and type) than

Fl7$j4FWw)&5O

[–] Murkhat@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is it really safer? I mean when trying to bruteforce a password, one would have to make a guess whether it's a passphrase or not. But if you decided to check for pass phrases, wouldn't the one you posted be cracked in 5 times the amount of words in that dictionary? I'm not sure how large the vocabularies of the generators are, but I would guess a random 17 char password might be safer than a 5 phrases password?

[–] Scary_le_Poo 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

but I would guess a random 17 char password might be safer than a 5 phrases password

And you would be very wrong about that. A 5 phrase password has entropy. "finance-caffeine-utopia-redress-unseen" is 28 characters. If you add in a different symbol between the words and add a number somewhere, this password becomes incredibly difficult to brute force.

I'll let xkcd explain it better.

[–] Murkhat@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Youre right,different separators, numbers and even capital letters change my theory alot