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

Overdone Fuck it, hackers win.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '16 edited Mar 17 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '16

It's actually easier for hackers to break these passwords. The list of viable options is so narrow that it speeds up a brute force Crack.

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u/sarge21 Mar 08 '16

No, the list of viable options is initially so incredibly wide that these restrictions, while making passwords more annoying to remember (which is a bad thing), barely impact the pool of potential passwords at all.

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u/mrmahoganyjimbles Mar 08 '16

The problem with this is that, because it's so hard to remember, the vast majority of people will make passwords exactly 8 characters long. That narrows it down EXTREMELY.