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The point isn’t that you will have an issue using a random string, it’s that attackers who know you do so will be able to convince a customer service rep they are you by answering the question “I just put in some random keystrokes”



Well that would require fairly detailed knowledge about me, but point taken. Not sure how random words are much better though, if the person on the other side is ready to accept whatever.




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