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Password strength: fantastic vs. excellent for same password
I have accounts on Wikipedia and Wikimedia. They have the same password. 1Password rates that password as fantastic for the Wikimedia entry but only excellent for the Wikipedia entry. Any thoughts on...
Hi wurbaniak 👋
Good question that I had to do some asking around to figure out!
Part of the strength calculation is based on a password being randomly generated within 1Password. Is it possible you randomly generated the password for one of these items, then copied the password and pasted it into the other item? If so, even that act of the password being typed/pasted in and not being another randomly generated password is calculated as being less strong. If you want to learn more, there's an interesting blog post about this!
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Community ManagerHi wurbaniak 👋
Good question that I had to do some asking around to figure out!
Part of the strength calculation is based on a password being randomly generated within 1Password. Is it possible you randomly generated the password for one of these items, then copied the password and pasted it into the other item? If so, even that act of the password being typed/pasted in and not being another randomly generated password is calculated as being less strong. If you want to learn more, there's an interesting blog post about this!
Yes, I did that. I used 1Password to generate it for one account and then I knew I needed to copy it to the other login. Thank you for the quick, authoritative answer.
