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    Effect of Grammar on Security of Long Passwords pdf security cs.cmu.edu
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    bjeanes avatar bjeanes 5 years ago | link

    This was very interesting. Conclusion: don’t use any grammatical structure in your passphrases a la http://xkcd.com/936/

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      bct avatar bct 5 years ago | link

      I don’t know, a “more than 50%” decrease in search space isn’t that significant if you’re dealing with search spaces of the size that secure passwords have.

      (Also “correct horse battery staple” doesn’t have any grammatical structure.)