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27182818284 on June 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: You have exactly three passwords, don't you?

I started using pwgen for passwords. These are long passwords containing symbols, letters, and numbers and nothing resembling a word.

What I find interesting is that I don't know what any of the passwords actually are. Instead, I simply have the muscle memory to type them. This is a problem if I have to remember that same password for the website's new app on my phone. In that case, I have to sit next to an actual keyboard to recall the password and type it into my phone.

chrishenn on June 8, 2011 [–]

I also use pwgen to generate passwords, but I tend to throw in a special character (like -, *, or #).

pwgen's ability to generate pronounceable yet random passwords is why I use it. As you said, they just seem to be easy to remember.

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