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[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (15 children)
[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (14 children)

What's do you think is a good length? I think it has to be at least 10 but over 15 is much better.

[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Idk exactly how accurate this is but seems valid

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if this assumes the cracker knows how long etc the password is when they start cracking.

I always make my passwords "a" because I figure they'll start cracking attempts at 5 characters 😁

[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

In EVE Online that's called 'getting underneath the guns'. 🎓

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