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OK, but its purpose is to generate memorable passwords. The point of the article is that focusing on making passwords memorable is counter-productive, since we shouldn't generally be trying to remember passwords. And if you're not trying to remember it, a string of 16 random characters works fine.


Yes and no. Secure and memorable passwords are still vital for securing your password manager. Having a means to generate them is not counter productive.




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