Dave@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoYSK The World’s Most Common Passwordswww.shithot.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·10 days agoIf it’s a bunch of words found in any dictionary then with or without character substitution it’ll be easy to crack.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 days agoIt’s not. A dictionary has on the order of ≈100,000 (10^5) words in it. Picking five words entirely at random gives you 10^25 combinations, which is about the complexity of 14 alphanumeric characters. So pretty secure.
If it’s a bunch of words found in any dictionary then with or without character substitution it’ll be easy to crack.
It’s not. A dictionary has on the order of ≈100,000 (10^5) words in it. Picking five words entirely at random gives you 10^25 combinations, which is about the complexity of 14 alphanumeric characters. So pretty secure.
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