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My highest-level password (I have about 8 levels of passwords, memorized, then a couple levels that are even higher than the password below, but which I haven't memorized, so I can't use them that often):
And, interestingly, the password that I consider my mid-level strength would take 1,000,000 years to crack.
I question any claims of accuracy to this thing. A password consisting of the word "Administrator" would take 64 million years to crack, according to this.
Probably because it has a capital letter ;-)
I tested an equivalent password to the one I use for my 1Password master password:
"About 32 octillion years"
:-D
It must be pretty good, then...
Well, I don't want to take risk of creating a strong password by my own. I make use of aafter.com. Visit the site and ask for a stronger password by typing password: in the search box and pressing enter.
The makepasswd command can be installed on Macs using macports and most Linux distros have it available via their respective package manager -- very handy little tool!
Apple even includes a built-in password assistant - if you click the little lock icon next to a password creation field in Keychain Manager or in the user account setup Preference pane, you can check your password or get generated passwords (with many options!).
I'm looking for advice on Apple repair. I spent about four hours on the phone today with AppleCare and then Adobe, trying to troubleshoot my problem with Adobe Professional and Safari 5. (I suspect my current issue stems from what the second AppleCare guy had me do...drag the "Internet Plug-Ins" folder out of the Library.) The Adobe tech support rep in India wanted permission to remote into my computer and set up a whole new administrator account, and then he said "Apple can help you reset it." Seems like a bad idea. Have you ever used Mac Headquarters?
MacHQ is a pretty good place. They're a little pricey, but so is Apple :(
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My strongest password is 17,000 years as well!
Quite good...
And, interestingly, the password that I consider my mid-level strength would take 1,000,000 years to crack.
I question any claims of accuracy to this thing. A password consisting of the word "Administrator" would take 64 million years to crack, according to this.
Probably because it has a capital letter ;-)
I tested an equivalent password to the one I use for my 1Password master password:
"About 32 octillion years"
:-D
It must be pretty good, then...
Well, I don't want to take risk of creating a strong password by my own. I make use of aafter.com. Visit the site and ask for a stronger password by typing password: in the search box and pressing enter.
The makepasswd command can be installed on Macs using macports and most Linux distros have it available via their respective package manager -- very handy little tool!
Apple even includes a built-in password assistant - if you click the little lock icon next to a password creation field in Keychain Manager or in the user account setup Preference pane, you can check your password or get generated passwords (with many options!).
I'm looking for advice on Apple repair. I spent about four hours on the phone today with AppleCare and then Adobe, trying to troubleshoot my problem with Adobe Professional and Safari 5. (I suspect my current issue stems from what the second AppleCare guy had me do...drag the "Internet Plug-Ins" folder out of the Library.) The Adobe tech support rep in India wanted permission to remote into my computer and set up a whole new administrator account, and then he said "Apple can help you reset it." Seems like a bad idea. Have you ever used Mac Headquarters?
MacHQ is a pretty good place. They're a little pricey, but so is Apple :(