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Update wordlist docs in API.
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good choice for usual private use.
.. warning:: We do -- by default -- *not* use the `diceware standard
wordlist`_ (which contains 7,776 words), because
computers prefer powers of two and we use the Python
standard lib random source by default (we do not want to
waste entropy).
wordlist`_, but the `long EFF wordlist`_ (see below), because it is
more secure and more comfortable to use.
But the "original" list is included in diceware as well
and you can pick it with the ``-w en_orig`` option. You
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Currently we provide the following lists:
- `en_securedrop` (8192 words
, default
)
- `en_securedrop` (8192 words)
By default we us
e a hand-crafted `en_securedrop` wordlist provided
We provid
e a hand-crafted `en_securedrop` wordlist provided
by `@Heartsucker`_. It contains 8,192 english words and
phrases. This list is based on the `diceware standard wordlist`_ and
extended to offer better memorizable words. Please see
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wordlist for use with binary-geared entities like computers or
nerds.
- `en_eff` (7776 words)
- `en_eff` (7776 words
, default
)
This is the `long EFF wordlist`_ as published by the `Electronic
Frontier Foundation`_ in mid-2016. They put real `scientific
effort`_ into the creation of this list which might considerably
ease the use of passphrases generated with it. When using real dice
(or other six-based randomness generators) use is definitely
recommended!
This is the `long EFF wordlist`_ as published by the `Electronic Frontier
Foundation`_ in mid-2016 and used by default. They put real `scientific
effort`_ into the creation of this list which might considerably ease the
use of passphrases generated with it. When using real dice (or other
six-based randomness generators) use is definitely recommended!
Please note, that this is currently the only list, that provides the
`prefix property`_. That means it contains no word which is a prefix
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