r/mildlyinfuriating • u/King_Baboon • Mar 08 '16

Overdone Fuck it, hackers win.

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u/Dyschord Mar 08 '16

Came here to ask this exact question. If you know the constraints on the password string, it should be much easier to brute force 8 characters.

Broad requirements like password length is fine. Requiring a range of characters, letters, and special characters would make a brute force attack harder. Requirements like no consecutive letters or repeated letters seems to weaken the password. Why would this be a good idea?

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u/Grintor Mar 08 '16

They don't want 30% of people's password to be abcdef#1

Of course now those people's password is qwerty#1

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u/ArchangelleShe Mar 08 '16

taiwan#1

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u/Emotional_Masochist Mar 08 '16

bestkorea#1

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '16

No "st". Sorry bro.

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u/nevek BLUE Mar 08 '16

putamadre#1

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u/Emotional_Masochist Mar 08 '16

If you're going for a stereotypical Asian accent then you don't drop both the S and the T.

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u/Predatormagnet Mar 08 '16

Look at the picture again.

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u/ToastedFireBomb Mar 08 '16

Supremegloriousleader#1

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '16

Supremegloriousleader#1

Nice try.