Dave@lemmy.worldcake to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYSK The World’s Most Common Passwordswww.shithot.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkYSK The World’s Most Common Passwordswww.shithot.co.ukDave@lemmy.worldcake to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months 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.
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.