Ryan Castellucci (they/them) Jun 25, 2024

Ryan's guide to determining whether your password is secure:

1) Did you pick it yourself? If yes, it is not secure.

2) Is it unique? If no, it is not secure.

3) Is it part of a "password system"? If yes, it is not secure.

4) Is created using a deterministic password generator? If yes, it's part of a "password system" and therefore not secure.

5) Did your password manager randomly generate it for you? If yes, it's probably fine.

6) Did you generate it with dice? If yes, it's probably fine.

7) Did you create your password in some other way? It's probably fucked.

Show threadAlexandJun 25, 2024

@ryanc

Please rate my method of creating passwords:
I have a paperback book and use the first 12 characters of the first line at the top of the page including punctuation followed by the page number. I just use the next page every time I need a new password.

Show threadD C RossJun 25, 2024

@djg @ryanc
Let's remove some extraneous details and see if we can make this a little clearer:

"I use one or two dictionary words, in the exact order they would naturally come in a sentence, followed by a two or three digit number. Sometimes there will be a comma or period after one of the words."

It's not quite the combination to President Skroob's luggage but I think that rules one, four, seven and eight all apply here.

Show threadAlexandJun 25, 2024

@deeseearr @ryanc

Thanks for everyone’s comments!

Here’s an old one for reference:
“Aren’tmeand23

Show threadTomas Aschan [ɐ̆sˈkɑːn]
@djg @deeseearr @ryanc Wait, did you just give us a way to find the exact book you're using?
Jun 26, 2024 at 8:43amWeb
Show threadAlexandJun 26, 2024

@tomasaschan @deeseearr @ryanc

Absolutely, the book I used to use anyway, I will have to ask Google AI to see if it can find this based on that information…