Disclaimer: I use a password manager, so please don’t direct your comments at me.

So I know this person that says they don’t use a password manager because they have a better system like… I’m gonna give an example:

Lets say, a person loves Star Wars, and their favorite character is Yoda. The favorite Their favorite phrase is from The Good Place “This is the Bad Place!”. And their favorite date is 1969 July 20th (first landing on moon).

So here:

Star Wars Yoda = SWYd

“This is the Bad Place!” = ThIThBaPl!

1969 July 20 —> 69 07 20

So they have this “core” password = SWydThIThBaPl!690720

Then for each website, they add the website’s first and last 2 characters of the name to the front of the password…

So, “Lemmy Forum” = leum

Add this to the beginning of the “core” password it becomes:

leumSWydThIThBaPl!690720

For Protomail Email it’s: prilSWydThIThBaPl!690720

For Amazon Shopping it’s: amngSWydThIThBaPl!690720

Get the idea?

The person says that, since the beginning of the password is unique, its “unhackable”, and that the attacker would need like 3 samples of the password to figure out their system.

Is this person’s “password system” actually secure?

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I used to use a similar system until I switched to a password manager. Convenience is a big factor, it’s nice to not have to think about logging in. Also coupled with that a secure password is a long password, so not having to type it in is a bonus.

    The person says that, since the beginning of the password is unique, its “unhackable”, and that the attacker would need like 3 samples of the password to figure out their system.

    I’ve had my data leaked more than 3 times, it’s not an unlikely scenario that someone could get a list of passwords used by someone.

    Also once their system is compromised, they have to come up with a new system, then go and change every password. Which if it was me would be hundreds of places. With a password manager there’s no reason not to have completely unique passwords for everything, so if there is a leak, oh well, just change that password.