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I know XKCD made a comic and everything, but isn't this type of password exactly why dictionary attacks exist?
by matmann2001 6y ago
I know XKCD made a comic and everything, but isn't this type of password exactly why dictionary attacks exist?
- resoluteteeth 6y agoThe whole point of the xkcd comic is that even if someone is using the same dictionary, the phrase has sufficient entropy to be secure.
- loa_in_ 6y agoIn the original comic it is shown that entropy of these passwords is still higher than the method with random words and substitutions. That means more combinations even with full knowledge of used dictionary
- chiph 6y agoThey're not bad, if the password is long enough. So if you have 3 shorter words, add another word or two to increase it's length.