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Re:Security incident update by bjterry on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @10:02AM (#5558084)
It's trivial to memorize an entire sonnet. Actors and actresses memorize many times that amount. It's also trivial to write a sonnet. How many bits of entropy do you think a sonnet has?
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Re:Security incident update by sparkinson on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @12:09PM (#5558951)
Are you saying that you are happy to type in an entire sonnet when prompted for a password?

Being realistic, to expect someone to type in such a long password regardless of if they can remember it or not is clearly unreasonable.

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Re:Security incident update by robertfw on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @02:19PM (#5559820)
For a consumer, perhaps, but for protecting thousands of individuals...
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