Thanks for the thorough answer! I originally missed the part about using a real word as the base.
For my passwords, I use 8 character random strings so hopefully I am a little safer. Although, as I'm learning from all of these password leak debacles, you are only as secure as the systems using those passwords.
For my passwords, I use 8 character random strings so hopefully I am a little safer. Although, as I'm learning from all of these password leak debacles, you are only as secure as the systems using those passwords.