--- No - F I U D letters are still available
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| Cyber |
| Complex passwords containing letters, numbers and special characters are 'daft'... just use three random words instead as they're harder to crack, say Government spy chiefs |
| 2021-08-07 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 Sites that make me enter a email addy just to look get jackwagon@f*ckyou.com every time. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-07 18:41 |
| #9 Government spy chiefs yah, I trust ya. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2021-08-07 16:52 |
| #8 5uck#1t%D0rk for the guessing panel. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2021-08-07 16:48 |
| #7 Assuming there are about 1 million words in the English language, 3 words form a keyspace of about 60 bits. If brute force is an option this can be exhaustively searched within days by private entities. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-08-07 14:28 |
| #6 If it's important I resort to line noise. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-08-07 13:07 |
| #5 You choose the letters for your 3 word password --- No - F I U D letters are still available |
| Posted by: Solomon Pheamp5040 2021-08-07 13:05 |
| #4 And you wonder how the Chinese and Eastern Europeans keep hacking government computers. The Retired Pay Center requires I change my password every six months. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-07 11:56 |
| #3 The entire point of the campaign to make you give up passwords in favor of biometric authentication is to make it easier for the gummint to get into your stuff. Strong passwords, encryption and offline storage are your friends. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-07 11:09 |
| #2 Speaking of 'crack', dats watt uz b smokin. |
| Posted by: Angavimp Gravinter4104 2021-08-07 08:40 |
| #1 I'll take their word for it. They sure know 'daft'. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-08-07 08:02 |