One of the benefits of a password manager is that it automates this process so you can easily use passwords that would be impossible to remember and/or type in (and lock them behind a suitable and memorable passphrase).
Of course, this still requires trusting the creators of the manager application itself. 1Password and LastPass have what appear to be good external security audit processes, so they've got that going for them e.g. https://support.1password.com/security-assessments/ I don't expect that I would be able to cook up a better DIY solution that is anywhere near as convenient. On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 1:35 PM Rich Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 6 May 2020 13:05:58 -0400 > Kent Borg <kentb...@borg.org> wrote: > > > Except 16+ is overkill for a password. (*Password*, not encryption > > passphrase--the two are extremely different uses.) > > Except... they're not. 16 random (I'm assuming) characters is what > Google use for application passwords. Which are in fact passwords in > their use. That's my base line. > > -- > Rich Pieri > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Jack Bennett ajbenn...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
