Accounts with "Very Good' rated passwords...change, or leave alone?
I have enjoyed using a pw manager for the past almost 2 years.
I noticed recently that two of my more 'important' logins i.e. email accounts, have pass words, at one time created by 1P, rated in the 1P Chrome Browser right now as "Very Good".
If you saw similarly would you make the change to a password rated..."Fantastic"?
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Is there any reason not to? 😄 Especially if they are important accounts, I'd likely do so.
Ben
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It was a bit of a dopey inquiry @Ben. I know why these email accounts weren't setup with "Fantastic" rated passwords. I knew at some point when changing phones I would need to type the pw into the new mobile device and so I went with passphrases of 3 words. (I imagine 4 words would get the "Fantastic" rating.)
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Gotcha! Yes, indeed, increasing the number of words and/or using a random digit separator between words can help. :+1:
Ben
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(Actually with 3 words and a # on either side of the middle word gets me 21 characters in total....seems like it should rate higher than just "Very Good" :) ).
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That gets into how entropy is calculated, which is slightly out of my reach. 😬 If I had to guess, I'd say 21 completely random characters would be rated stronger than 21 characters composed of only dictionary words and numerals. I'd be happy to ask our security team to chime in if you'd like to better understand the logic, though.
Ben
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No need @Ben.
I do notice that passwords for logins are not rated/described the same in terms of their "quality" across the 1P apps. For example here is the password in question in 1PX:
And here for the same password in the 1P7 app for Windows:
You can understand the confusion?
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For sure; this is one of the reasons for moving to a common core with 1Password 8. There'll still be more work to do, as the 1Password.com web app and 1Password in the browser (formerly "1Password X") don't use the core wholesale, but it'll bring a much more consistent experience to both desktop and mobile.
Ben
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My pleasure :+1: :)
Ben
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