Dave@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoYSK The World’s Most Common Passwordswww.shithot.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours 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-up1·3 hours 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.