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Standard password · expires every 90 days

At least 3 of:
Uppercase
Lowercase
Number
Symbol

12+ characters

Passphrase · expires once a year (365 days)

16+ characters
Strength

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A password

One word or a short jumble with capitals, numbers and symbols swapped in.

Summer2026!!

Looks complicated, but guessing programs try exactly these tricks first. Must be changed every 90 days.

A passphrase

Several unrelated words strung together. Easy for you to remember, very hard to guess.

purple-canoe-thunder-lamp

Long and unpredictable. Good for a full 365 days.

What does the Strength meter measure?

It estimates how long a guessing program would need to crack what you typed. It knows about dictionary words, names, keyboard patterns, dates and common substitutions (like @ for a), so adding symbols to a normal word does not help as much as you would think.

Score	Meter	Time to guess
0 / 4		instantly
1 / 4		minutes
2 / 4		hours to days
3 / 4		months to years
4 / 4		centuries - required for the passphrase tier

Both boxes must be checked for the 365-day tier: 16+ characters and a 4 / 4 strength. Long is not enough on its own; a long password made of one repeated word is still easy to guess.

Examples

Typed	Length	Score	Passphrase?	Why
`passwordpassword1234`	20	1 / 4	No	Long, but a common word repeated plus a number sequence.
`TwinkleTwinkleLittleStar`	24	3 / 4	No	Almost. Repeated word and a well-known line. Swap one word for something unrelated.
`purple-canoe-thunder-lamp`	25	4 / 4	Yes	Four unrelated words. Nothing to look up, nothing to pattern-match.

Tips

Use four or more words that do not belong together. Picture them as a silly scene so you remember it.
Skip quotes, song lyrics, titles and your own name or username. Attackers keep lists of those.
Separators are for you, not for strength. Hyphens or spaces make it easier to type; they barely change the score.
An extra word beats an extra symbol. If the meter says 3 / 4, add another unrelated word rather than a !.