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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by Buge on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:53AM (#13919958)
That was only because they chose a weak password. With a 100+ bit password, it's impossible.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by CompuHacker on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:10AM (#13920210)
Improbable.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by michaelmrose on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:05AM (#13920358)
When the average time to unlock is equal or greater to the probably heat death of the universe this distinction ceases to matter.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by cmdrfred on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:15AM (#13921474)
You could also get it right on the first guess, so its improbable not impossible.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by paulddraper on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @04:50AM (#13920671)
True, though 100 bit passwords are extremely uncommon. Even deadhorsebatterystaple claims to be less than 50.
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