Passwords stored by Firefox

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2015-02-15 at 09:18 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> I have discovered a method of creating passwords that has helped me 
> greatly throughout the years. I learned it from this girl who was
> always 
> teased in school for being "weird" LoL!  (Thank you
> Sharon......wherever 
> you are!) So imagine you want to use the word "gasoline" as a 
> password.......the simple trick is to "push" each letter over by one! 
> That's it!....so instead of using the "g" from gasoline you'd use the 
> next letter in line..(the "h")....and for the "a"...you'd use the 
> "b"....and so on until you've replaced each letter. (For those who
> have 
> the mental prowess and can manage it, there's also using the letter 
> PREVIOUS to the one you have or the process of "skipping" letters as 
> well...) but I've found that this method provides you with a password 
> that appears to be gibberish to anyone else, but makes perfect sense
> to 
> you!...

Wow. So clever! I mean who would think of having a password cracker
shift all the words in its dictionary, especially as you've now
publicized it?

Please try to understand that "looking like gibberish to a human" is not
a reliable indicator of password strength.

poc