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Re:Password Strength by georgelyon on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:44AM (#29956861)
If anyone needs to generate cryptographically safe passwords that are easy to remember, I recommend this cool app that runs on dice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diceware

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Re:Password Strength by ncmncm on Sunday January 16, 2022 @01:08PM (#29958314)
This is about the worst imaginable way to generate entropy for password, unless the goal is to waste lots of time.
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Re:Password Strength by bradknowles on Sunday January 16, 2022 @07:21PM (#29961936)
Diceware is the source of the method suggested by xkcd. Both versions are easily implemented in a wide variety of password generation programs.
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