Posted on 08/07/2021 5:37:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre would like to politely remind you that three random words are a good, secure password. ... Because everything, increasingly, wants you to have a unique account and password for its service.
NCSC recommends a three-word password because it bypasses some of the most common ways that criminals crack passwords. These are things like single words with predictable substitutions (5 for S, or ! for 1) and brute-force techniques that rely on shorter passwords to succeed. "The stereotypical password is a single dictionary word or name, with predictable character replacements," says the NCSC.
In contrast, a three-word password is something you can realistically remember...It's also easy to adopt and modify for different sites' requirements...
(Excerpt) Read more at pcgamer.com ...
I’ve always used two non-related words, divided by 3 digits, along with a symbol at the beginning or end. If a capital letter is required, it’s one of the middle letters.
They’re always rated ‘Strong’ or ‘Very Strong’.
I’ve developed a program to verify the strength of any login/password combination.
Just send yours to my email and I will let you know if it is secure.
It may take a few days because I’m currently looking form someone to help transfer money from my Nigerian account.
:)
“BidenIsNutz?”
Surely that is already installed into dictionaries, especially for breaking into non-liberal sites.
After reading your post, there is probably at least one person on this site complaining to the administrator that the security of their password has been breached!
How long it takes to crack a password. The longer the better plus upper and lowercase letters and numbers and special characters.
The one I use says it will take 1 trillion years. It is just a 14 letter word with a number and special character. 16 characters all together.
Try: Freerepublic1234
It would take a computer about 37 billion years
Add a space like: Free republic1234 and it would be: 2 hundred trillion years
https://howsecureismypassword.net
See chart
https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/check-your-password-strength/783192/
For anything important, I’ve used 5-word phrases for passwords for many years...
Only possible problem is being 87.5 and possibly forgetting one...
BidenSniffsKiddies.
Dang article doesn't tell us which three words we should take!
Regards,
It must not have let you log in the first time and you found your spelling error!
I use the same one most others use...at least this is what I see them punch in as I’m looking over their shoulder...
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Sure didn't.
I use logging in for spell check (it's always that one little "i" that get's me, even after 45 years).
My new wifi on my travel trailer Trump Won
So can I!!
TAHT
Why have any data on the web that would be compromised by others getting into it?
1. Three
2. Word
3. passwords
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