Video: How to create a secure password, as told by a 12-year-old
A young New Yorker started her own business to sell secure passwords.
Mira Modi owns a secure password business where she generates and sells cryptographically strong passphrases.
Ann Hermes
Mira Modi is a 12-year-old entrepreneur who wants to make the world safer one secure password at a time.聽
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So the young New Yorker started her own business to sell people more secure passwords to better protect them from hackers and other surveillance, using a technique called Diceware. She rolls dice to generate a random, six-word phrase, which she mails to each customer. Watch our video to learn more about how to create a secure password using Diceware:聽
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Mira is one of Passcode's 15 under 15 kid hackers. For the full series, see: passcode.csmonitor.com/hackerkids