From 207fe10ec60b013f325a3fadb9ec68e47b6bee21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate Bartram <133825060+tnonate@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:11:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] 202040725 - Fixed poor wording on the Password tip about writing down passwords. --- src/pages/en/guides/most-important/passwords.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/pages/en/guides/most-important/passwords.mdx b/src/pages/en/guides/most-important/passwords.mdx index 3fbbcdeb..1a750529 100644 --- a/src/pages/en/guides/most-important/passwords.mdx +++ b/src/pages/en/guides/most-important/passwords.mdx @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ For the rest of your accounts, I recommend updating your passwords to something ## Tips & Tricks -Contrary to what you may have heard, **writing down your master password (or other important passwords) isn't always a bad idea, with some caveats.** First, ensure you store it somewhere safe where criminals or other adversaries are unlikely to find it (such as a sticky note on your monitor). Second, don't make it super obvious that it's your password (for example, by writing "PC password: [password]" on the paper). Writing down a password can be a great way to create a backup and storing it offline nearly eliminates the risk of compromise (at least via digital channels), however you must be mindful not to lose the written-down password and to protect it from any physical compromise such as burglers. +Contrary to what you may have heard, **writing down your master password (or other important passwords) isn't always a bad idea, with some caveats.** First, ensure you store it somewhere safe where criminals or other adversaries are unlikely to find it (in other words: not as a sticky note on your monitor. Consider a small notebook instead). Second, don't make it super obvious that it's your password (for example, by writing "PC password: [password]" on said paper or notebook). Writing down a password can be a great way to create a backup and storing it offline nearly eliminates the risk of compromise (at least from certain attacks), however you must be mindful not to lose the written-down password and to protect it from any physical compromise such as burglers. For your master login password, I recommend you use a passphrase so that it's easy to remember but still secure. A passphrase is a series of words rather than a single word or a string of random gibberish. A good passphrase should be at least five random words, so try to avoid famous quotes or obvious words like a list of your children's names. One common resource for generating a good passphrase is EFF's [Dice-Generated Passphrases](https://www.eff.org/dice). You could also Bitwarden's [free password generator](https://bitwarden.com/password-generator/). A [good passphrase](https://www.useapassphrase.com/) can take upwards of hundreds of years to brute force or guess.