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...rd managers are for things you access *after* you are logged in. (Another gripe of mine: this recent trend toward using some ?cloud? login as your OS login. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are now all doing this! This perforce requires me to weaken a password with a cloud-sized attack surface (i.e. frackin? huge) to the point that I can memorize it. Before this change, I was using huge random passwords and 2FA. That doesn?t work any more in a world where the OS now requires my cloud password every time it wants elevated privileges.) > Whereas when 'not weak' is determined by > someon...

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote: >> > Let?s flip it around: what?s your justification *for* weak passwords? > You don't need to write them down. Or trust some 3rd party password keeper to keep them. Whereas when 'not weak' is determined by someone else in the middle of trying to complete something, you are very likely to