On Mar 21, 2023, at 11:21 PM, Sharon Hooley <shooley42@...> wrote:

Hi,


I'm creating a new Bitwarden account. If I understand correctly, the master password must be at least 50 characters! If so, what do you use to make it strong with a bunch of characters on my PC? I know that Safari can create a 20-character long one, but what else can I do?


Thanks,

Hello,
Are you sure it has to be 50 characters? I did not have to have that many when I created my account earlier this year.

Greg Wocher

On Mar 21, 2023, at 11:21 PM, Sharon Hooley <shooley42@...> wrote:

Hi,


I'm creating a new Bitwarden account. If I understand correctly, the master password must be at least 50 characters! If so, what do you use to make it strong with a bunch of characters on my PC? I know that Safari can create a 20-character long one, but what else can I do?


Thanks,

No numbers no special symbols no spaces all upper-case and lower-case
letters. Here's why, there's only 10 digits and only 32 special symbols.
Upper and lower case letters uses a set of 52 not 10 or 32. Every time a
large set of 52 gets used, with every extra character in a password that
increases difficulty for anyone intent on cracking the password. A 20
letter password with upper-case and lower case letters is 52 raised to the
20th power and that's not a small number. The symbols and numbers are
password snake oil.


-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that
order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, Greg Wocher wrote:

Hello,
Are you sure it has to be 50 characters? I did not have to have that many when I created my account earlier this year.

Greg Wocher

On Mar 21, 2023, at 11:21 PM, Sharon Hooley <shooley42@...> wrote:

Hi,


I'm creating a new Bitwarden account. If I understand correctly, the master password must be at least 50 characters! If so, what do you use to make it strong with a bunch of characters on my PC? I know that Safari can create a 20-character long one, but what else can I do?


Thanks,

Hello,
Are you sure it has to be 50 characters? I did not have to have that many

Greg Wocher

On Mar 21, 2023, at 11:21 PM, Sharon Hooley <shooley42@...> wrote:

Hi,


I'm creating a new Bitwarden account. If I understand correctly, the

Thanks,

Hi Jude,

A lot of places, including banks, medical insurance, insist on a number and
a symbol in the password.
Can't avoid that.
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DaShiell
Sent: March 22, 2023 4:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [TechTalk] favorite strong password generator?

No numbers no special symbols no spaces all upper-case and lower-case
letters. Here's why, there's only 10 digits and only 32 special symbols.
Upper and lower case letters uses a set of 52 not 10 or 32. Every time a
large set of 52 gets used, with every extra character in a password that
increases difficulty for anyone intent on cracking the password. A 20
letter password with upper-case and lower case letters is 52 raised to the
20th power and that's not a small number. The symbols and numbers are
password snake oil.


-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that order."
Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, Greg Wocher wrote:

Hello,
Are you sure it has to be 50 characters? I did not have to have that many

when I created my account earlier this year.

Greg Wocher

On Mar 21, 2023, at 11:21 PM, Sharon Hooley <shooley42@...> wrote:

Hi,


I'm creating a new Bitwarden account. If I understand correctly, the

master password must be at least 50 characters! If so, what do you use to
make it strong with a bunch of characters on my PC? I know that Safari can
create a 20-character long one, but what else can I do?

Thanks,