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Reminder to use strong passwords
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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My password is 'friend', should I change it? I feel like it keeps all the nasty visitors out while letting the good folk inside.
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My password is 'friend', should I change it? I feel like it keeps all the nasty visitors out while letting the good folk inside.Some great mind took hours to break this password. Hours! Spoiler: the pony survived!
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!Random passwords are good practice, what isn’t good practice is following _specific password requirements_ like 10 characters 1 uppercase, 1 symbol because that _reduces your search space_. A 30 or 50 character password generated by your password manager is _always_ the most secure option, the longer the better. I generate passwords that go to the maximum the service allows.
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Just make one super strong password, use that to unlock you password manager and have it generate 30 character passwords for everything.Ideally all lowercase letters to make them easy to type when you need to use them in another device. Unfortunately, a lot of places don't allow that, preferring less secure and more inconvenient passwords.
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Random passwords are good practice, what isn’t good practice is following _specific password requirements_ like 10 characters 1 uppercase, 1 symbol because that _reduces your search space_. A 30 or 50 character password generated by your password manager is _always_ the most secure option, the longer the better. I generate passwords that go to the maximum the service allows.
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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This is what you get for making me admin, I've gone mad with power, muhahahahaha! crimes o-o
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Just make one super strong password, use that to unlock you password manager and have it generate 30 character passwords for everything.Password managers are OK but I have hesitations on them personally. I'm leery of putting all my most high-value stuff in one place behind one password. What I do instead is memorize a truly unreasonable amount of passwords, though, which I recognize is not a reasonable expectation for others. For threat models in which you're not worried about in-person attacks, it may actually be a good idea to just write your passwords down, maybe keep your password book in something with a lock on it. I'm not advocating for any particular method, just putting it out there so people can make an informed decision.
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Diceware is a method of generating random memorable passwords.
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I like the CorrectHorseBatteryStaple methodology. https://xkcd.com/936 !https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.pngBasically what diceware does. It's just that humans are really bad at picking random words ("banana" is over represented, for instance) that's what diceware helps with.
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Diceware is a method of generating random memorable passwords.
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Basically what diceware does. It's just that humans are really bad at picking random words ("banana" is over represented, for instance) that's what diceware helps with.I used to use words from different vernaculars or languages. Sometimes i double check they are too abstract and weird to correct horse battery staple easily just because I'm a contrarian asshole snd thst helps me remember. exquisitevibrattoacquittalbevelschaudenfreude
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Just got done investigating a spambot we had earlier, and it looks like they used a lot of compromised accounts on other instances to give their post an initial upvote boost. If you don't already, please remember to use a good strong password. Keeping your account secure helps reduce spam across the whole of lemmy, and keeps your account from getting banned for things you didn't actually do. I recommend [Diceware](https://theworld.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) I use it in my professional capacity as an IT/Security person, and also you get to use your mathrocks!
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