Comment on Security expert reveals surprising way to make your password stronger: use emojis
notapantsday@feddit.de 6 months agoThe whole idea is to make it easier for humans to remember and more difficult to brute force. Long passwords are much harder to brute force than complex passwords with lots of special characters. And they’re a lot easier for humans to remember.
There are enough words in any language that it’s virtually impossible to guess the correct four words, even if they’re in the dictionary.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Even so, most password requirements will force you to add them anyway. Quick way to do it is to just pick a number on a keyboard and add it and the symbol to the end. e.g HorseBattery2# and so on.
Jesus_666@feddit.de 6 months ago
And requirements like that are why my password strengths are completely out of whack:
There’s a reason why experts these days argue against anything but minimum length restrictions.
gonta@mander.xyz 6 months ago
You can even make a complete sentence that makes sense with symbols and numbers.
“Ronaldo doesn’t grill 76 Canadian Tacos.”
Or whatever