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LLM-generated passwords 'fundamentally weak,' experts say
(www.theregister.com)
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Yes but also be aware of https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/password_managers/
Can't believe these were marketed as zero knowledge. If a server knows the ciphertext or even the size of the ciphertext that is not zero knowledge, by definition.
And zero knowledge proofs operate by playing a game that shows that you know a secret without revealing any information about the secret. If you transmit the approximate length of the ciphertext that is no longer zero knowledge.
My password manager is a piece of paper hidden in one of my books.
The more digitally-dependant society becomes, the more analog methods become secure. Like, most old people in the imperial core are getting defrauded online, not because they have a notebook by the computer with their passwords written down.
I never understood the logic about not writing down passwords in your own home. If somebody can steal my passwords, I have a far more serious problem.
Just don't put it up on the pinwall in front of your webcam.
My handwriting looks like a very drunk chimpanzee's. I can barely tell what I wrote an hour after I wrote it, let alone 6 months later when I'm trying to work out a password.
It's the kind of advice against a post-it note on your monitor (especially in a shared place like an office) but often gets over applied to all paper backups. I keep backup access to my password manager in a paper envelope with other important documents just in case.