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Questions tagged [passphrase]

A passphrase is a longer password that typically consists of multiple words.

A passphrase is a kind of password that consists of several words. There is no fundamental difference between a passphrase and a password; a passphrase is expected to be longer. For generic questions about the generation, storage, usage, verification, etc. of passwords, use the tag . Use the tag for questions that are specifically about multiple-word passwords.

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why are passphrases not the standard

I have seen many questions concerning passwords: how to measure password strength, why don't we pick passwords for the users and obviously the best one: passwords vs phrases and the one i would like to focus on a bit more. Something I have never…
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Is passphrase strength increased with this strategy?

I have been reading a bit about passphrases strength and weaknesses. I will take this answer as example. TTT says, among the other points: Although there are hundreds of thousands of words in the English language, we (probably) only need to try…
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Is my passphrase compromised?

While at the login screen for my Google account, I pulled up my password manager and began entering my master passphrase, so that I can retrieve my password for the login. However, while I was looking at the keyboard and typing the master password,…
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Should I worry that passphrase length leaks information?

I have been thinking about how to generate random passphrases from a public dictionary of words (similar to XKCD/Diceware passphrases). One thing in particular I was thinking about is that the length of such a passphrase will leak a lot of…
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