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Passwords being transmitted over a voice call does not equate to a weak password. You can very easily communicate 4-6 English words outside the 10,000 most common to produce a password with 49-83 bits of entropy. And most people will have just as easy a time remembering 5 words as 5 alphanumerics, if not easier.


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