Re:A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots
by PowerBar on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:16PM
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> Besides deleting letters under it could affect layouts.
Which is in and of itself a security risk. Not only can the length of the redaction give an estimate on the length of the password, but for variable width fonts, could even rule out many passwords using pixel measurements between the text on either side.
Which is in and of itself a security risk. Not only can the length of the redaction give an estimate on the length of the password, but for variable width fonts, could even rule out many passwords using pixel measurements between the text on either side.