Brute force is a technique associated with passwords. In the past, hackers would go through every single combination of passwords until they unlock your app/co

Brute force is a technique associated with passwords. In the past, hackers would go through every single combination of passwords until they unlock your app/computer/account. This is why Bill Burr, the NIST manager who required passwords to have special characters later apologized saying the only thing that makes passwords safer was longer passwords not the password hell he put everyone through. https://www.engadget.com/2017-08-08-nist-new-password-guidelines.html https://www.engadget.com/2017-08-08-nist-new-password-guidel...