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Show HN: V2.0 of 2Billion Most Probable Passwords(github.com)
1 points by berzerk0 9y ago|0 comments
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by berzerk0 9y ago
Torrents are back! Mostly. Two out of the 12 aren't, but every wordlist can be downloaded via torrent in at least 3 compressed formats, including .7z
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by berzerk0 9y ago
Dropbox has their zxcvbn method which incorporates a list of 30k of the most common passwords https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn
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by berzerk0 9y ago
Hadn't heard of that before, I'll look into it
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by berzerk0 9y ago
Speaking of rarely updated - version two will come out mid-July at the latest. I'm also going to attempt to attribute the sources to given countries or at least language families. The list as it stands has a heavily US-centric bias. I
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by berzerk0 9y ago
As I was looking around for the files to make this project, on SecLists, Weakpass, and Hashes.org, most of the files were in alphabetical order. This was especially true for the larger files.
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by berzerk0 9y ago
The largest list is 20GB, but it's not the only one. Popularity was based on how many they appeared in files that had all duplicates removed (in reference to themselves) The smallest file had passwords that appeared 75+ times, and the
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by berzerk0 9y ago
This is similar to my train of thought. Year after year people still use the same passwords that were the most popular for the year before. I think we should make it as obvious as possible that it is worth your time to make secure passwords
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by berzerk0 9y ago
You know, you're not the first person to bring that up - and I am having seed problems. Perhaps next rev I'll only include the .7z (smallest) and greppable formats.
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by berzerk0 9y ago
Having issues with the Seedbox, torrents are down temporarily. The main page contains links to Mega.NZ alternative downloads. Will be fixed shortly, apologies for the inconvenience.
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Show HN: 5+ Billion Passwords in Order of Most Popular(github.com)
184 points by berzerk0 9y ago|52 comments