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This is coming from the same company that doesn't allow you to put a space in your AppleID password? The irony is thick.
by bjornstar 9y ago
This is coming from the same company that doesn't allow you to put a space in your AppleID password? The irony is thick.
- rrdharan 9y agoI have spaces in my AppleID password. Four of them in fact.
- blattimwind 9y agoA reader's exercise: Can you determine how many bits of apparent entropy in his password rrdharan has disclosed in this post?
- rocqua 9y agoIf you presume rrdharan generated his password as a string of random alphanumeric characters and round that to there being 64 of those, he revealed $32 / n pick 4$ bits of entropy. Where $n pick 4$ is the number of combinations of length 4 drawn from n. That only works if you presume his password was generated as a string of random bits though. If the password was generated as a dice-ware password [1] with 5 characters this reveals roughly 2 bits of entropy. For we know he doesn't use -, _ or nothing as his word-separator. Those 2 bits aren't included in the calculation that states his diceware password has about 65 bits of entropy though. (5 words from a list of 8000) 65 bits feels like plenty to me. [1] http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html
- bjornstar 9y agoFrom https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201355 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201355 Learn more about passwords and your Apple ID When you create a new password, keep the following in mind: Your new Apple ID password must contain at least eight characters, a number, an uppercase letter, and a lowercase letter. You can't use spaces, the same character three times in a row, your Apple ID, or a password you've used in the last year. Learn more about password requirements and how to keep your Apple ID secure. FaceTime is not available in all countries or regions. Published Date: Oct 20, 2017