http://thetarpit.org/2014/passwords-versus-passphrases "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:42:30 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2014/passwords-versus-passphrases#comment-22 Password security, a game theoretical approach « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:57:08 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/passwords-versus-passphrases#comment-22 [...] Take the following scenario for example: you're the only person who knows that your mother's name is Mary, leaving out, say, close people whom you trust; yet choosing "Mary" or even "MymomsnameisMary" as a password is a bad idea, as "Mary" is and has been so far a common name in the Western world, on the Internet and in the known Universe. Any common word in the dictionary is a bad idea, although more commonly-used random words should increase the password's security. [...] [...] Take the following scenario for example: you're the only person who knows that your mother's name is Mary, leaving out, say, close people whom you trust; yet choosing "Mary" or even "MymomsnameisMary" as a password is a bad idea, as "Mary" is and has been so far a common name in the Western world, on the Internet and in the known Universe. Any common word in the dictionary is a bad idea, although more commonly-used random words should increase the password's security. [...]

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