• envis10n [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Even then, you’re better off with a passphrase as they are longer, easier to remember, and are harder to brute force. It’s like a dictionary resistant password.

    • Clicheguevara [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      The absolute best practice is to add random spaces that don’t correspond to syllables. A 10 character password can go from taking a few seconds to crack to several hundred years with a few well placed spaces.

      That said, there are databases out there that don’t like spaces, and for some reason lots of financial institutions are this way.

    • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      depending on what you mean by passphrase, “dictionary resistant” is kind of the opposite of how I’d describe them. Sure they’ll be long and unique but an english language dictionary will surely make bruteforcing them a lot easier

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        From what I understand it doesn’t help at all. I’m not a crypto (cool crypto, not fake banking) guy but from what I know passphrases generate much entropy. That said, I stick with passwords that are easier to enter, but still pretty high entropy