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Three random words are still one of the best passwords, experts say
PC Gamer ^ | Jonathan Bolding

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 ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: passwords; random; three; words
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To: BenLurkin

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’.


41 posted on 08/07/2021 8:11:59 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


42 posted on 08/07/2021 8:12:29 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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To: BenLurkin

:)


43 posted on 08/07/2021 8:24:58 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Not A Snowbird

“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!


44 posted on 08/07/2021 8:34:07 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: BenLurkin

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/


45 posted on 08/07/2021 9:49:17 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: BenLurkin

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...


46 posted on 08/07/2021 9:50:36 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: BenLurkin

47 posted on 08/07/2021 10:16:27 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Not A Snowbird

BidenSniffsKiddies.


48 posted on 08/07/2021 10:17:04 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: BenLurkin
Three random words are still one of the best passwords, experts say

Dang article doesn't tell us which three words we should take!

Regards,

49 posted on 08/08/2021 12:37:34 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: seowulf

It must not have let you log in the first time and you found your spelling error!


50 posted on 08/08/2021 12:44:06 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: BenLurkin

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...

********


51 posted on 08/08/2021 6:41:48 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: 21twelve
It must not have let you log in the first time and you found your spelling error!

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).

52 posted on 08/08/2021 7:09:48 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: cgbg

My new wifi on my travel trailer Trump Won


53 posted on 08/08/2021 7:01:35 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: 1FreeAmerican
The wife can spell that backwards.

So can I!!

TAHT

54 posted on 08/08/2021 7:23:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: SuperLuminal

Why have any data on the web that would be compromised by others getting into it?


55 posted on 08/08/2021 7:25:01 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: alexander_busek
Dang article doesn't tell us which three words we should take!

Did too!!


1. Three
2. Word
3. passwords

56 posted on 08/08/2021 7:26:43 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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