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[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 55 points 1 year ago

Just making “second breakfast” your password would be more secure.

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/936/

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Is it though? Because I it's the same amount of characters

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago

But there are 12 possible characters rather than 10 which increases the problem space.

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Sorry, what do you mean by 12 characters?

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

All numbers in a passcode means 10 possible values for each position: 0-9. Just the letters in the phrase “second breakfast” include 12 possible values at each position which means mathematically there are more possible solutions.

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

But the attacker wouldn't know about that. He does not know if the password is just characters, numbers etc...

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I was thinking about that because probably the first world on these dictionaries is "password"

[-] jpeps@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Speaking of not knowing things, how do you know the attacker's pronouns?

[-] Zhao@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

This made me laugh pretty hard for some reason. Thank you.

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] this_is_router@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Where do you get the 12 from? Alphabetical is 26 variations per character, not 12.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Do it with the caps and lowers intact. Add spaces and you’ve got an unbrute-able password.

[-] AffineConnection@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No, it would be far less secure than it already is in weakly obfuscated form.

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