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Which password property most directly increases resistance to guessing?

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  1. Changing it every week
  2. Adding more characters
  3. Capitalizing the first letter

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References

  1. NIST SP 800-63B Strength of Passwords pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b/passwords Checked 2026-10-10.

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