Who is Mira Modi?
Who is Mira Modi?
For Mira Modi, a sixth grader, protecting her virtual world is as important as protecting the real one. And the need has prompted the sixth grader from New York to come up with dicewarepasswords, a website which sells cryptographically protected passwords for $2 (Rs 130).
What is a Diceware password?
Diceware is a method used to generate cryptographically strong passphrases. It is based on the principle that truly random selection of words from a wordlist can result in easily memorable passwords that are also extremely resistant to attack.
What are dice words?
9 letter words containing dice
- prejudice.
- cowardice.
- jaundiced.
- dicentric.
- dicentras.
- jaundices.
- laodicean.
- pediceled.
Are passphrases better than passwords?
Passphrases are easier to remember than a random of symbols and letters combined together. It would be easier to remember a phrase from your favorite song or your favorite quotation than to remember a short but complicated password. Passwords are relatively easy to guess or crack by both human and robots.
What is a passphrase?
A passphrase is a sentence-like string of words used for authentication that is longer than a traditional password, easy to remember and difficult to crack. Typical passwords range from 8-16 characters on average while passphrases can reach up to 100 characters in length.
Are passphrases safe?
Both passwords and passphrases can be secure, and if you are using a password manager, the security and usability differences between passwords and passphrases will not be significant. However, if you are setting a password that you must remember by heart, for usability reasons, we recommend using passphrases.
Are longer passwords safer?
Therefore, a lengthy list of easy-to-remember words or a passphrase could be actually more secure than a shorter list of random characters. Lengthy passwords made of actual words are definitely easier to remember and could help users manage them in more secure way.
