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by xavierlint 2051 days ago
Found:

> Your password doesn’t matter except for password spray (avoid the top guessed passwords with a dictionary checker of some kind) or brute force (use more than 8 characters, or use a password manager if you are really nervous). That’s not to say your password isn’t terrible. It’s definitely terrible, given the likelihood that it gets guessed, intercepted, phished, or re-used.

At the bottom of the article.