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Using password from a dictionary is bad. But what if I combine words from different dictionaries from different languages?

Let's say using "password" as your password is bad. What if I combine it with different words from different languages?

What do u mean by it?

For example:
In English "password" means "password"
In French "password" means "mot de passe"
In Danish "password" means "adgangskode"

My password would then be:
password1MotDePasse2adgangskode

So, these words are all words from a dictionary but from different languages. Does it make it more secure?

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Adam Lewis

Technically yes/oui/ja? A longer password has more entropy so it's less likely to be cracked/in a lookup table somewhere, but you won't be safe if you use the same password everywhere because all it takes is for one service to lose it and bang! Everything is now open to hackers

I wrote my own password manager app if you're looking for something new btw

  • It's only going to be as safe if people don't know your system from a public post like this ;)
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Panda Quests

Thanks. But there is more to the system than I described in this post. ;)