Mira Modi, who lives in New York City, runs a thriving internet business—and she’s just 12 years old. Mira creates and sells online passwords, using nothing but a die and a method known as Diceware.
Technology consultant Arnold Reinhold invented Diceware in 1995. Using Reinhold’s technique, Mira rolls a six-sided die five times to generate five random digits. Together they make up a number that corresponds to a word in a list compiled by Reinhold. Each word is just three to six letters long.
Mira completes the process six times to create a six-word password that’s hard to crack but easy to memorize. Mira charges $2 each for the passwords, which are stronger than regular passwords. “A six-word password can only be broken by a huge organization, like a government agency,” says Mira.