Nowadays, most people use password managers (hopefully). However, there are still some passwords that you need to memorize, like master password (for a password manager), phone lock, wifi password, etc.

Security wise, can passphrase reach the strength of a good password without getting so long that it defeats the purpose of even using it?

  • communism@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    I use diceware passphrases for any passwords I need to type in (ssh keys, logging in, decrypting my hard drive, master password for password manager, etc). It’s the most secure way of setting a password you have to remember and type. Especially since my auto generated passwords contain special characters I wouldn’t be able type without just using those ways of entering some escape sequence and typing a unicode sequence.