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rileyjshaw committed Jan 3, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ From [Freedom of the Press’s “Encryption Works”][Encryption Works]:
> physical access to your computer who wants to impersonate you or steal your data.
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> Traditionally, computer users were encouraged to create and choose a password and attach some numbers onto the end of
> it. This would lead to passwords such as Tr0ub4dor&3, to reference a popular [XKCD comic][Comic].
> it. This would lead to passwords such as Tr0ub4dor&3, to reference a popular [XKCD comic][Comic Link].
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> ![A comic, concluding that through 20 years of effort, we’ve successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember (eg. “Tr0ub4dor”), but easy for computers to guess (eg. “correct horse battery staple”).][Comic Image]
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Expand All @@ -30,16 +30,15 @@ new password[^1], but today that’s exactly what we’re going to do.

Generate a secure “Diceware” passphrase by following these steps:

1. Roll a die (physical dice are _highly_ preferable to digital ones for this step).
1. Roll a die (physical dice are preferable to digital ones for this step).
2. Write the number down.
3. Repeat this until you have a five-digit number.
4. Find it on [this word list](https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt).
5. Pick at least five more words using steps 1 to 4.

And there you have it; a brand new passphrase! Keep it in mind, we’ll be using it [tomorrow](/2016/2/).

[^1]: By the end of Cryptmas, most of your passwords will exist in a password manager and you won’t need to worry about
remembering them. Today we’re generating your “master password”, which you _do_ want to remember.
[^1]: By the end of Cryptmas, most of your passwords will exist in a password manager and you won’t need to worry about remembering them. Today we’re generating your “master password”, which you _do_ want to remember.

[Encryption Works]: https://github.com/freedomofpress/encryption-works/blob/master/encryption_works.md
[Comic Link]: https://xkcd.com/936/
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