On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 11:12:07PM -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Sun Apr 3 23:07:14 2022 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...] > > Much of it is security theater. > > I'll remember that phrase. I learnt it from Bruce Schneier [1]. I have the hunch that he coined it himself. > > Someone (TM) up the chain can tick the checkbox "password security > > enforced". Then, the Rest of the Web (TM) goes forth and cargo-cults > > that, because that's how the Web is held together. > > https://xkcd.com/936/ :-) Not the worst way to choose passwords. Actually, before resorting to pwgen, I used to pick up one random item on my (always cluttered) desk, see if it contains a series number of sorts and use that. Cheers [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier -- t
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