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Updated OpenPGP Security (markdown)

Dominik Schürmann 2016-01-20 16:58:42 +01:00
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OpenPGP-Security.md

@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ Currently, a very simple password meter is shown in the key creation wizard to e
Studies have shown that password meters can indeed encourage the selection of better passwords:
* ["How Does Your Password Measure Up? The Effect of Strength Meters on Password Creation."](https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity12/sec12-final209.pdf)
* "Does my password go up to eleven?: the impact of password meters on password selection"
* https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2012/04/zxcvbn-realistic-password-strength-estimation/
Also interesting: [Carnegie-Mellon’s 2011 study](http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/rshay/pubs/passwords_and_people2011.pdf) concluded that length was the only thing that really influences password strength.
* ["Does my password go up to eleven?: the impact of password meters on password selection"](http://research.microsoft.com/jump/192108)
* [Carnegie-Mellon’s 2011 study](http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/rshay/pubs/passwords_and_people2011.pdf) concluded that length was the only thing that really influences password strength.
### Decrypt/Verify Cases