Ken Thompson's Unix Password

Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by OJFord on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:51PM (#21205833)

I'm not sure how easy that is to remember... Was it 'really love but wish' or 'love but really wish'? etc.

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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by austincheney on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:01PM (#21206670)

I suspect you would word your password in a way that is most familiar for you. The idea is to achieve both cognitive comfort while destroying brute force efforts. A better example:

    Antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest English word I can think of##

73 characters.

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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by saalweachter on Friday October 11, 2019 @10:43AM (#21224833)

I think you'd have more fun trying to imagine phrases no one would ever say.

"But thankfully I took Kim Kardashian's advice, and everything worked out for the best."

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