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I bruteforced a 4-digit 2FA in 2 days, of course with the help of a small script instead of trying it myself. It's always fun to see dumb solutions work.
by emerongi 7y ago
I bruteforced a 4-digit 2FA in 2 days, of course with the help of a small script instead of trying it myself. It's always fun to see dumb solutions work.
- celticmusic 7y agoif it works, it's not a dumb solution :)
- john-radio 7y agoIt is if olalonde doesn't want to have to break into his wife's luggage every couple of weeks...
- mcphage 7y ago"If it's stupid and it works, then it's not stupid" — my motto
- ALittleLight 7y agoRephrasing for brevity: "Nothing stupid works."
- janders 7y agoI took two things away from my AI class. 1) If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough. 2) Do the stupid thing first.
- beat 7y agoReminds of things my dad would say about mechanical work... "Use a bigger hammer". "If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it was going to break anyway".
- a11r 7y agoI brute-forced a 32-bit random number generator in an internet worm, back in the day[1]. Brute force is underrated. [1] http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/witty-imc05.pdf http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/witty-imc05.pdf
- dontbenebby 7y agoDid you vary your code, or just try the same code until it was the correct one?