UK's National Cyber Security Centre recommends password generation idea suggested by El Reg commenter

UK's National Cyber Security Centre recommends password generation idea suggested by El Reg commenter

Nearly a third of Britons use the name of their pet or a family member as a password, the National Cyber Security Centre has said as it advised folk to adopt what looks very much like a Register forum user's suggestion for secure password generation.


A survey of 1,282 British adults commissioned by the NCSC showed that 15 per cent used a pet's name while 14 per cent use the name of a family member as a password.

The old staples of "123456" and "password" still each account for 6 per cent of login phrases used by Brits, the GCHQ offshoot found.


As an antidote to this (and 40 per cent of us don't use crap passwords made up of birthdays or our favourite football teams), the NCSC recommended using "strong passwords made up of three random words," immediately bringing to mind that location-finding app, what3words.

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