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thatdude
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thatdude
10y ago
But the words themselves follow an identifiable pattern (their spelling). As such, a 4 letter word in your password is cracked much quicker than a portion of your password being 4 characters of random info.
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thatdude
10y ago
Thanks for reminder. Likely couldn't crack these in SHA-1 (or without substantially more effort), let alone some of the more new age hashing algorithms. Still, it's impressive.