Gollum@feddit.decake to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years agowtf is this?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1764arrow-down122
arrow-up1742arrow-down1imagewtf is this?i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.decake to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoAll 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.
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoBut the attacker wouldn’t know about that. He does not know if the password is just characters, numbers etc…
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI was thinking about that because probably the first world on these dictionaries is “password”
minus-squarejpeps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoSpeaking of not knowing things, how do you know the attacker’s pronouns?
minus-squareZhao@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThis made me laugh pretty hard for some reason. Thank you.
minus-squarethis_is_router@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoWhere do you get the 12 from? Alphabetical is 26 variations per character, not 12.
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.
But the attacker wouldn’t know about that. He does not know if the password is just characters, numbers etc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack
I was thinking about that because probably the first world on these dictionaries is “password”
Speaking of not knowing things, how do you know the attacker’s pronouns?
This made me laugh pretty hard for some reason. Thank you.
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Where do you get the 12 from? Alphabetical is 26 variations per character, not 12.