[Cryptography] Today's XKCD is on password strength.

[Adam Fields]

On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Today's XKCD is on password strength. The advice it gives is pretty
> good in principle...
> 
> http://xkcd.com/936/

You still need a password manager to remember which of the dozens of easily-remembered passwords you used, so you might as well just use the 20-character random generator they all have. Not bad for a stopgap if you're caught needing to make one up on the fly though.