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DetlefK

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2. Oh great. Now you have an uncrackable password that you can't remember.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri Sep 22, 2017, 12:30 PM

Sep 2017

The best form of passwords is a series of random words. Not stuff like word+number+sign, but stuff like "packbatteryhorses". It's easy to remember: Just think of a pack of battery-powered horses.

Or use a line from a song.

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GRC's Ultra High Security Password Generator [View all] steve2470 Sep 2017 OP

Waitaminnit...if you're paranoid enough to want the service, aren't you also too paranoid to USE it? Girard442 Sep 2017 #1

Oh great. Now you have an uncrackable password that you can't remember. DetlefK Sep 2017 #2

ohferchrissakes-- randomness has nothing to do with it... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #3