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Think of it this way: there’s a button to show your actual password in the majority of applications nowadays. `sudo` and `login` are I think the only two tools
by wolttam 7mo ago
Think of it this way: there’s a button to show your actual password in the majority of applications nowadays.
`sudo` and `login` are I think the only two tools I use that don’t provide any feedback.
Otherwise my entire life is behind a password database that lets me see my password in plaintext and otherwise shows the length of it as it’s typed. KeepassXC.
If knowing how the length of your password makes it easy to crack you probably have other problems
- croes 7mo agoKnowing the length makes is defined easier, maybe not easy but easier.
- hananova 7mo agoIt saves 1/Nth of the total time taken to brute force an N character password compared to starting from length 1. So any password where this is a significant fraction is so short that the time saved isn't really relevant. So yes, "easier", technically. But not in any meaningful way.
- croes 7mo agoUnless you attack a group and want to know which target has an easier to brute force password.