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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by 05 on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:03PM (#20679358)
bits usually add exponential complexity, so that '10% more' security might mean a password that's a million times harder to brute force..
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Re:NULL license plate not such a bright idea by gruez on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:28PM (#20679612)
10% more refers to the character length for the same amount of security, so that's already baked in. eg. you can get a 128-bit entropy password with 22 alphanumeric characters, or 20 characters with all printable characters.

calculations here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20678529

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