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when it comes to password strength, the number you are really interested in is something like probability of the password being generated by a naive human. Meas
by malaya_zemlya 6y ago
when it comes to password strength, the number you are really interested in is something like probability of the password being generated by a naive human. Measuring raw entropy basically assumes that the only one non-random thing a user can do is repeat a character.
for example, by the p*log(p) measure
`1234567890abcdef` and `936a0ce28b1d74f5`
both have log(16!) bits of entropy, yet one of them is much easier to guess than the other.