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English words are ~1.5 bits per character, random ascii garbage is ~6.5 bits per character.
by ryan-c 8y ago
English words are ~1.5 bits per character, random ascii garbage is ~6.5 bits per character.
- jrockway 8y agoIt really starts to depend on the details. If there are 10,000 words and you use 5 of them, that is 1.1x more than 12 characters where you only use lowercase letters, numbers, and shifted numbers. Tweak the allowed symbols, length, and your dictionary and you can make either one look better than the other. I think there are probably less than 10,000 words that people would choose for their password, and that people use capital letters... maybe, but don't use 12 character passwords (8 more reasonable) so it could really go either way.