Its been a while since i last logged in here.
However, when coming back, i’d forgotten my pass lock and the gate keeper politely requested me to provide a minimum of ten characters.
The problem is, i use one password for all my social accounts, and which happens to be 6 characters long.
Can the Radar Team rectify this or i’m i the only one with the problem and should just go with the flow?
I admire your honesty and the sheer audacity of your request. However, it isn’t wise to
- Use the same password across your various accounts.
- Use passwords that are six characters in length. The entropy is just too low.
Also, longer passwords don’t always have to be confusing or unmemorable - https://xkcd.com/936/
I’m aware of that @xolubi. I use different passwords for websites i consider important like Paypal.
For social websites like Radar, Facebook, Quora, Twitter etc, I use one password.
I don’t really care about being hacked as i use other security precautions.
Buts its alright. Hopefully the password will stick on my mind this time.
@maina: Sorry dude. Radar is tech forum, so the least they can do is encourage you to be more sophisticated 
www.strongpasswordgenerator.com is among the top 5 sites for me as I have not less than 400 passwords across various websites. I never use one password for more than one website. It’s paranoia to the maximum!
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Same here. 
The_funny_Th1ng_1s_Th@t_!0ng_P@$$w0rd$_C@n_@ctuallY_bE_E@s1er_t0_Remember.
but it’s a moot point until the overlords implement HTTPS as they’ve promised.
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Interesting. They are existing scripts which could substitute some letters with symbols for brute-force attacks. Randomly-generated passwords are still the best though.
Lol. I’ll like to have whatever GPU/CPU powering the system that would actually crack @techscorpion’s hypothetical password. Substitution or not, that key space is ridiculously large.
Very true. I was actually referring to a scenario where someone substitutes letters for symbols in (say) his/her name. Example: ndianabasi becomes nd!anaba$! or nd1anabas1, etc. Simple substitutions like those can be easily attempted with scripts.