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Use the "passwords" feature to check if one of yours is compromised. If it shows up, never ever reuse those credentials. They'll be baked into thousands of botnets etc. and be forevermore part of automated break-in attempts until one randomly succeeds.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 328 points 3 weeks ago (98 children)

Protip for the room: Use a password manager with a unique password for every service. Then when one leaks, it only affects that singular service, not large swaths of your digital life.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Also, length is most of what matters. A full length sentence in lowercase with easy to type finger/key flow for pw manager master, and don't know a single other password. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You are mostly correct it is length * (possible char values).

See passphrase generator.

https://www.keepersecurity.com/features/passphrase-generator

[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

That was my sisters name!

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

You are mostly correct it's (possible char values) ^ length.

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