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A brief history of bad passwords and unrealistic policies - video

Posted by freedomforall 5 years, 11 months ago to Technology

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Kyle Rankin explains why tech admin password policies don't work. Hackers are more creative than administrators.

SOURCE URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=0&v=LA2mZ5nkyt8

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Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 11 months ago

Thanks freedom,
Interesting here is my password

F...offhackersfindsomeonewithalotofmoneyhahaha

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Posted by WilliamShipley 5 years, 11 months ago

These days my inclination is toward long phrases. The hackability of a password seems closely related to the length. Putting in upper case and lower case, numbers and symbols increases the difficulty of remembering more than the difficulty of random hashing.

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