𝜯𝐞𝐡 𝜝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢@lemmy.world to Cybersecurity - Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat do you guys think? Would this greatly decrease your chances of being hacked?cdn.lifehack.orgimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down16
arrow-up148arrow-down1imageWhat do you guys think? Would this greatly decrease your chances of being hacked?cdn.lifehack.org𝜯𝐞𝐡 𝜝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐤𝐢@lemmy.world to Cybersecurity - Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareMika@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agohttps://internationalenglishtest.com/blog/how-many-words-are-in-the-english-language/ According to recent studies, the average adult native English speaker knows between 20,000 and 35,000 words I mean sure it might still work, but would make more sense to grasp for some trickier words, like fantasy character names etc.
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThe thing is to have a program randomly select the words for you. That way the words are not related between them, and you aren’t limited by only the words you know.
minus-squareAfaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoRandom words, one misspelled, occasional symbols. Correct-horse7battery,stapple If your password can be brute forced then you’re just not trying.
https://internationalenglishtest.com/blog/how-many-words-are-in-the-english-language/
I mean sure it might still work, but would make more sense to grasp for some trickier words, like fantasy character names etc.
The thing is to have a program randomly select the words for you. That way the words are not related between them, and you aren’t limited by only the words you know.
Random words, one misspelled, occasional symbols.
Correct-horse7battery,stapple
If your password can be brute forced then you’re just not trying.