How many upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols in a strong password

May I suggest, that the costs incurred while running a Quantum Computer (mainly power) far exceed any return that might be gained from hacking us humble beings.

If I add all the different upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols on my desktop-only computer, there are approximately 102 characters for password combinations.

However, necessarily, the longer I generate my new passwords, the more I have to check and recheck what characters I type so I do NOT inadvertently use the same ones twice.

It is essential when I manually generate new passwords to use complete randomness because that ensures that I do NOT follow any specific pattern that would weaken the password.

Thank you!

Surely, the occasional duplication is an essential part of random generation.

Edited by wee-eddie, 19 May 2024 - 02:50 PM.

Good to see you are taking the password security to the best possible level.

But the biggest security risk is still that these web sites get hacked and the personal information is then stolen and sold or used by the bad actors themselves.

This is the main reason why I don't shop, or bank or use government sites - just  trying to be safe as possible if this does in fact help me anyways to be more secure.

I could do my banking on my cell phone which I understand is supposedly safer than using a computer, but I still prefer doing the banking in person.

Edited by 0lds0d, 21 May 2024 - 01:04 PM.

Thank you, 0lds0d!

The advantage of using a unique, very strong, and complex password on a website is that even if it gets hacked, only one's user account on that specific website is compromised, but no others.

However, I am currently trying to decide which offline password manager I should use if any, but there are many alternatives available, and like all software, they all have their various pros and cons.

From what I read, I understand that offline password managers are somewhat more secure than online ones, and I suppose using any offline password manager is better than not using such software.

Nonetheless, here in Norway, we have several privileges, there are no thieves in the countryside, I seldom get spam E-mails or G-mails, and we have never had any hackers on our WiFi network either.

We use a very strong password on our WiFi network from our ISP, Telenor, and according to PasswordMonster, it would take 14 thousand trillion years to crack it, and that website says:

"Review: Fantastic, using that password makes you as secure as Fort Knox." I also follow the Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection.

Thank you!