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		venomsnake on Aug 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Turbo-charged cracking comes to long passwords Why would you use a password at all? Use keyfiles for everything encrypted and then use keypassx with dropbox sync or 1password/lastpass if you can afford it.

SideburnsOfDoom on Aug 27, 2013 [–]

> Why would you use a password at all?

At all? You still need a password for your keyfile. And probably you need an OS login before that.

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