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culpable_pickle | 3 years ago

> people that use KeePass are not memorizing 40 character passwords to unlock their password manager.

I use a pass phrase that is substantially longer then 40 characters. It doesn’t take too long to sink in.

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jamal-kumar|3 years ago

I find it easier to remember a short sentence than a short password with a bunch of weird characters in it for sure

encryptluks2|3 years ago

Fair, but I think that is more of an exception than the norm. For people that may want to more frequently lock their password database, having a 40 character password would quickly become a PITA.

throw0101a|3 years ago

> […] having a 40 character password would quickly become a PITA.

Do you have a a favourite song/poem/nursery rhyme?

"Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,"

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Diddle_Diddle

And you only have to unlock it perhaps once at the beginning of the work day (set auto-lock/forget to 8 hours), or twice a day (morning, after lunch; auto-lock to 4 hours). Once unlocked maybe only ask for confirmation for use.