Re: Pass Phrases

Say I use the following two key phrases

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me

I decide my method is going to be first letter of each word of the first phrase, last letter of each word of the second phrase

I get

THQEBAFLJSOMTHLEDA

Really? How about THQEBAFEJLOSTELHDE

I'm not deliberately trying to be dense, I'd like to know why I shouldn't use this sort of mnemonic method to remember the pass phrase.

Maybe it's not really an effective mnemonic after all? Somebody's .sig file says "one man's mnemonic is another man's crypto." Can you really type this from memory using the key phrases without writing them down? (Based on your first attempt, some would say "apparently not".) ;-) =D.C. Williams

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