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???? What does “secure password” actually mean? We intuitively feel that it should be long. And complicated. Lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and on top of all that, of course, special characters: exclamation marks, ats, brackets, and so on. But is this really a good approach? How do you come up with a password that you don't forget right away? Or maybe everything we've been told about passwords so far doesn't really matter? Sources: ❓ Passwords: What to do and what not to do? Krebs on Security https://bit.ly/3ma12dd ✏️ AviD's commentary on stack exchange on the xkcd episode https://bit.ly/3mcvGCJ ???? Password vs. Passphrase, Protonmail https://bit.ly/3MtGJCx ???? Password vs. Passphrase, Shredcube https://bit.ly/3xgMCP6 ???? FBI recommends passphrase instead of password https://bit.ly/3xaxLW9 ???? WallStreetJournal on the fact that the creator of password rules was wrong https://on.wsj.com/3NkJirM ???? List of 1000 most popular words in Polish https://bit.ly/3alGRq6 ⏰ Facts and myths about periodic password changes https://bit.ly/3PXh9IW ???? To hell with complexity, long live passphrase! https://bit.ly/3xaSol8 ⌛ Time to rethink the need to change your passwords, FTC https://bit.ly/3xd5xdh ???? Current GIST recommendations on authentication https://bit.ly/3x8xVvR ⏱ Source of graphic with cracking times for individual passwords https://bit.ly/391MlpU ???? List of the most popular passwords https://bit.ly/3GN9uJ9 If you don't trust shortened links (very good!) add a plus '+' at the end of them. This way you can see where they lead on the bit.ly website. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/936/ (I know, surprising) © All trademarks are property of their rightful owners. Thank you for your attention. ❤️ You can also find me on; Instagram @mateuszemsi / mateuszemsi Twitter @MateuszChrobok / mateuszchrobok LinkedIn @mateuszchrobok / mateuszchrobok Patronite @MateuszChrobok https://patronite.pl/MateuszChrobok Podcasts on; Anchor https://anchor.fm/mateusz-chrobok Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6y6oWs2... Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3OwjvOh Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Password Cracking 05:13 Entropy 08:14 Password vs. Passphrase 10:40 What to choose? 13:08 Good password 14:58 Password expiration 18:47 Convenience 19:59 What to Do and How to Live?