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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by SamReidHughes on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @01:36PM (#14090427)
Barely. Trying all the passwords less than N characters long is way cheaper than trying the ones that are exactly N.
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by cmdrfred on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:04PM (#14090741)
Best case scenario wouldn't you have to do both without knowing the length?
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by thfuran on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:29PM (#14090983)
Right but even with alphanumeric only, only about 2% of passwords of length N or less are less than length N.
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by baddox on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:03PM (#14091297)
The advantage is having the upper bound.
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