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This may help answer your question about the inflection point: http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability

It is a bit old, but not so old that you can't determine what a good length is. More importantly, it is not always about the length, where something like "alpine fun" (two common words) may take a couple months, but just adding in "this is fun" (three common words) gains you thousands of years in time.

Before reading, I was under the impression that without a password manager, it has become impossible to secure passwords by memory as GPU's became more powerful. My impression was that "random", alpha-numeric, plus non-alpha-numeric characters, and, of great length would be needed.

This article leads me to believe otherwise, and that something like "this#is#my#password" should be sufficiently uncompromisable for some time to come. It is also highly rememberable to me.

There was a youtube video linked, I believe from HN, apx. 3 weeks ago, that showed a demo of GPU password cracking that was a bit more illustrative than this article, and more current. Unfortunately, I can't seem to locate it.

The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics strikes again.

"The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics says that when you observe or interact with a problem in any way, you can be blamed for it. At the very least, you are to blame for not doing more. Even if you don’t make the problem worse, even if you make it slightly better, the ethical burden of the problem falls on you as soon as you observe it. In particular, if you interact with a problem and benefit from it, you are a complete monster." https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/

I'm sure the newspapers, though, are totally fair, neutral observers who have no reason at all to have grudges against tech companies: https://www.baekdal.com/blog/what-killed-the-newspapers-google-or-facebook-or/

This article was written 3 years, 8 months, 4 days ago. I'm pretty sure there's been plenty of time for "this is fun" to propagate through the masses.

Also, as stated in his The Usability of Passwords - FAQ (http://www.baekdal.com/tips/the-usability-of-passwords-faq):

Q: So, are you saying we should use "this is fun" as our password?

A: No, I'm saying that you should use a 3+ word pass phrase as your password. Something that isn't linked directly to you or your immediate interests. So don't choose the names of your three kids.

> In the long run Taylor Swift will make more money from a free trial than if Apple offered the service without a free trial-- because more people will sign up and ultimately end up with royalties going to Taylor.

Someone did the math and came to a different conclusion: https://www.baekdal.com/opinion/taylor-swift-is-right-about-apple-music . Assuming Apple Music generates $ 10 billion in revenue per year, artists never make up the cost while Apple saves $1.6 billion the first year of Apple Music.

The vast majority of desktop web users will view a site in a window that is maximized. See these articles from 2006 (before mobile browsing took off):

http://mentalized.net/journal/2006/10/24/browser_size_does_matter_-_actual_numbers/ (this one is the most interesting because its data is collected from a variety of sites)

http://www.baekdal.com/insights/actual-browser-sizes

And this one from 2012:

http://beantin.se/post/32275497175/computer-screens-browser-viewport-2012

I would go as far as saying "pretty much everyone but Mac users".

Of course, then I would be just as guilty of generalizing without any hard data as the author of the article.

ARE there any numbers on this?

Edit:

Here's a report from 2000:

http://www.evolt.org/article/Real_World_Browser_Size_Stats_Part_II/20/2297/index.html

And another from 2006:

http://www.baekdal.com/reports/Actual-Browser-Sizes/actual-browser-sizes/