Re:Let them paste passwords
by blakesterz on Thursday May 18, 2017 @10:33AM
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I thought password cracking machines now guess words as well as characters? Like they will guess all 8 character passwords and will also guess all 6 word passwords using common words like they guess characters? Therefore using just a few common words stuck together with nothing else is no longer secure? (This is a genuine question because I could be totally wrong on that, I can't even remember where I heard it)
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They can, but still the passphrases are much more secure simply because there are enough different words.