Creating Strong Passwords — by Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Part of EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense guide. It argues for a different password on every account to limit damage from leaks, with a password manager doing the work, and a random multi-word passphrase for high-value logins such as your device and the manager itself.

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Source: Creating Strong Passwords by Electronic Frontier Foundation. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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