A better way to think about passwords

[Robert J. Hansen]

On 4/18/2011 1:02 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> Oh, sure -- I do that too.  But the CC memorization problem seems a
> lot easier.  First, it's all digits, not a typical Base64 mishmash.

YMMV, but to me a glyph is a glyph is a glyph.

> Second, it's not a 23-digit number; it's a 16-digit number, a date,
> and a 3-digit number.

The date is usually encoded as four digits.  On mine, for instance, it
reads 0112.  A 16-digit number, a four-digit number and a three-digit
number turns into a 23-digit number.  I personally chunk it into five
groups of four and one group of three.

> OTOH if there are any useful groupings in "c2l4IHdvcmRzIGxvbmcuCg=="

c2l4 IHdv cmRz IGxv bmcu Cg==, as six chunks of four, took me about
fifteen minutes spread out over ninety minutes to memorize.  However, it
is not beyond the realm of possibility that I am a freak of nature.  :)