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dhalonen
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2 months ago

Password entropy

I would like to see the password entropy when creating a password. For example, What is the strength of this? Consider this article: https://blog.syss.com/posts/passphrases/ It would be very he...
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1P_Dave
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10 days ago

Hello dhalonen​! 👋

Thanks for the suggestion! 1Password uses a two step process to calculate password strength:

  1. We use zxcvbn to calculate the order of magnitude of the number of estimated guesses it would take to crack that password.
  2. We then map the result from step 1 to our own score with higher being a stronger password.

 
This creates a password strength classification that tells you whether you should change the password to something stronger. While I'm not aware of any plans to add an entropy calculator/notification, I've passed your feedback along to the team internally. 

-Dave

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