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NotThamesWater in reply to @Velocio

Because cartoons are the best source of security advice...

Bruce Schneier, on the other hand:

This is why the oft-cited XKCD scheme for generating passwords -- string together individual words like "correcthorsebatterystaple" -- is no longer good advice. The password crackers are on to this trick.

use random unmemorable alphanumeric passwords (with symbols, if the site will allow them), and a password manager like Password Safe to create and store them.

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Nick.Earthloop in reply to @NotThamesWater

Bruce Schneier, on the other hand:

This is why the oft-cited XKCD scheme for generating passwords -- string together individual words like "correcthorsebatterystaple" -- is no longer good advice. The password crackers are on to this trick.

It's not a trick that depends on the password crackers not being "onto it", it's an algorithm that might output any one of 2⁴⁴ possible strings, all of which are reasonably easy for a person to memorise. See the comments on Bruce's article for details.

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