I’m getting old, and last time I had a fingerprint card created it took them a while to pull what looked like a real print. I volunteer at a place where paid staff check in and out with their fingerprint. It’s good I’m “unpaid staff” because they might not be able to read my finger.
Speaking of pronounceables: My son put me onto “diceware” to generate strong, pronounceable passwords: http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html <http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html> I have a script on my macbook based on code by Aaron Toponce: https://pthree.org/2012/09/27/automated-diceware-passwords/ <https://pthree.org/2012/09/27/automated-diceware-passwords/> http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc <http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc> We beefed up the randomizer a little. Don’t remember where this came from, so I can’t defend it: function five-dice-roll { I=0 while [[ "$I" -lt 5 ]]; do RND=$(echo -n $((0x$(head -c 1 /dev/random | xxd -ps)))) if [[ "$RND" -lt 252 ]]; then DIE=$(((RND%6)+1)) DICE="${DICE}$DIE" I=$((I+1)) else continue fi done echo -n "$DICE" } ___________________ On Aug 2, 2016, at 15:00:05, Matt Birkholz <m...@birchwood-abbey.net> wrote: > From: Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 06:01:08 -0700 > > Point being. Passphrase should be combined with biometric. How about one big pronounceable? I've found even large ones (16 letters) surprisingly easy to remember, so I use several. I get them from gpw(1). Unfortunately the manpage does not say how many bits of entropy are in each trigraph. Aren't They getting search warrants before using fake fingertips? They will kick in your door and kill your dog if they can get a warrant. Using a fake fingertip seems downright civil compared to THAT. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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