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Re:Show HN: I made a website where you can create your own "... by sersi on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:46AM (#43227785)
While I agree with you, in my experience it's important for the security answers to be pronunceable. Otherwise some CS will just wave them away as being gibberish.

So I generate random answers but them modify it so that it's somewhat pronunceable.

Also obviously don't use the actual password since they are stored in plaintext

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Re:Show HN: I made a website where you can create your own "... by tasuki on Sunday March 02, 2025 @03:15AM (#43228441)
I'm also a fan of pronounceable passwords - I even have a script to generate them,[0] yes it decreases entropy a little. I don't store passwords on my phone, so I sometimes find myself retyping passwords, and I find these much easier to retype.

[0]: https://github.com/tasuki/dotrc/blob/master/.bin/pronounceab...

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Re:Show HN: I made a website where you can create your own "... by alwayslikethis on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:02AM (#43231086)
Pronounceable passwords is what pwgen does. You might be surprised by how much entropy you lose, which is apparently around half: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/72781/security-...
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