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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    We are talking about RSA though, so there is a fixed character length and it isn't meant to be remembered because your private key is stored on disk.

    Yes the word method is better than a random character password when length is unbounded, but creating secure and memorable passwords is a bit of an oxymoron in today's date and age - if you are relying on remembering your passwords that likely means you are reusing at least some of them, which is arguably one of the worst things you can do.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

    You didn't have to call me out like that.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

    Okay, that's fair... Not sure how I missed that context but that's totally on me