Re:49% of workers, forced to change passwords, reuse same on...
by Dylan16807 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @03:16PM
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The pattern entropy matters, but it's much smaller than the entropy from the actual words and characters.
Don't try to outsmart the person cracking the password. Assume whatever clever scheme you come up with is relatively common. If only 0.05% of passwords use it, that's still less entropy than adding two more characters. And it's a lot safer to underestimate than overestimate.
Don't try to outsmart the person cracking the password. Assume whatever clever scheme you come up with is relatively common. If only 0.05% of passwords use it, that's still less entropy than adding two more characters. And it's a lot safer to underestimate than overestimate.